Halifax Humanities Society
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 864790878RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($79,708) as filed with the CRA.
Halifax Humanities Society is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $64K in revenue and $80K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 49% from donations, 33% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $64K.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
The Halifax Humanities program provides opportunities and engagement with the arts to those who otherwise would lack such access. The program supports the students and the learning environment with transportation childcare books and materials required nutrition and whatever is necessary. Instruction in the humanities is provided by local university faculty. Companion programs are writing courses and for graduates of the first year program a continuing program called the Angus Johnston Seminar.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $64K | $80K | $32K | — | $0 | $0 |
| 2023 | $99K | $85K | $35K | — | $0 | $0 |
| 2022 | $69K | $75K | $35K | — | $0 | $0 |
| 2021 | $51K | $47K | $2,562 | — | $0 | $34K |
| 2020 | $81K | $71K | $26K | — | $0 | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $64K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$40K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Neil Robertson (president); Peter Glenister (treasurer); Susan Dodd (vice-president); Rose Adams (board members); Michael Heller (board member); Patricia Conrad (board member); Eli Diamond (secretary); Sophie Chiasson (board member); John Archambault (board member); Lois Block (board member); Camilla MacDonald (board member); Katie Carline (board member); Naomi Blackwood (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Halifax Humanities Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 864790878RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.