Halifax Visiting Dispensary
Public foundation · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 893187773RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($32,835) as filed with the CRA.
Halifax Visiting Dispensary is a public foundation based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $50K in revenue and $33K in expenditures.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $31K in 2024, the largest being $8,800 to Feed Nova Scotia. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $32K in 2020 to $50K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
To assist the needy with medical and surgical aid
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $50K | $33K | — | — | $31K | $797K |
| 2023 | $35K | $36K | — | — | $35K | $779K |
| 2022 | $31K | $36K | — | — | $35K | $780K |
| 2021 | $37K | $34K | — | — | $33K | $785K |
| 2020 | $32K | $32K | — | — | $31K | $782K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $31K to 8 qualified donees:
- Feed Nova Scotia$8,800
- Salvation Army$5,800
- Souls Harbour Rescue Mission$3,800
- Prescott Group$3,800
- Brunswick ST Mission$3,400
- Adsum House$1,900
- Von Community Nursing$1,800
- North End Clinic$1,800
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Mann (president); Don Grant (treasurer); Bertha Etter (vice president); Susan Hayes (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Halifax Visiting Dispensary’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893187773RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.