Halifax Foundation
Public foundation · Waverley, Nova Scotia · BN 118950898RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($53,681) as filed with the CRA.
Halifax Foundation is a public foundation based in Waverley, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $107K in revenue and $54K in expenditures.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,400.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $41K in 2024, the largest being $20K to Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada - Nova Scotia Branch. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Providing funding for civic projects to help protect and preserve the historic cultural and social aspects of the halifax regional municipality
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $107K | $54K | $908 | — | $41K | $2.4M |
| 2023 | $102K | $157K | $21K | — | $124K | $2.4M |
| 2022 | $114K | $56K | $8,400 | — | $40K | $2.8M |
| 2021 | $91K | $112K | — | — | $102K | $2.4M |
| 2020 | $86K | $50K | — | — | $44K | $2.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $41K to 3 qualified donees:
- Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada - Nova Scotia Branch$20K
- Brunswick Street Mission$19K
- I Challange Diabetes$2,000
Received $2,400 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,400
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Wayne Adams (director); Wenda Bennett (secretary-treasurer); Colin Dodds (vice-chair); Jeremy Fitzgerald (director); Sheila Fougere (chair); David Grace (director); Jane Maclellan (director); Mike Savage (director); Twila Grosse (director); Harvey Morrison (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Halifax Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118950898RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.