Halifax Independent School Society
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 871655262RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,756,451) as filed with the CRA.
Halifax Independent School 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $3.1M in revenue and $2.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $991K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 81% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 23 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.1M | $2.8M | $2.2M | $12K | — | $2M |
| 2023 | $2.6M | $2.6M | $2M | $7,953 | — | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $2.7M | $2.4M | $2.1M | $41 | — | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $2.7M | $2.3M | $1.9M | $259 | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $2.7M | $2.5M | $1.8M | $16K | — | $881K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $991K from 2 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$496K
- Canadahelps Canadon$496K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions23
- Total compensation, all staff$2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Heather Johnston (director); Christy Bussey (director); Sergiy Zhyznomirsky (director/treasurer); Lewis Bedford (director/vice president); Tipper McEwan (director/sectretary); Julie Chisholm (director); Christy Elliott (director); Laura Mikkelsen (director); Brike Girma (director); Liam Knox (director); David Moorhouse (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Halifax Independent School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 871655262RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.