Hope Blooms Youth Social Entrepreneurial Ventures Inc.
Charitable organization · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 832858377RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,475,472) as filed with the CRA.
Hope Blooms Youth Social Entrepreneurial Ventures Inc. is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations, 18% from government. In 2024, 26 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.6M.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $612K in 2020 to $1.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
To advance education in the youth in the community – to deliver youth-centered experiential education programming surrounding gardening agricultural entrepreneurship skills and health lifestyles; using a community garden as the classroom and laboratory. Brief description of the program integrated education program for children and youth in a natural ecosystem within inner city to learn about and participate in growing vegetables and fruits plant science and nutrition. Curriculum modules includes: community garden designs and food systems; plant and soil science; choosing food crops and …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.2M | $1.1M | — | — | $1M |
| 2022 | $838K | $857K | $787K | — | — | $526K |
| 2021 | $789K | $653K | $587K | — | — | $546K |
| 2020 | $612K | $539K | $534K | — | — | $410K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.6M from 26 charities:
- Aqueduct Foundation$1.1M
- Rideau Hall Foundation$96K
- Halifax Youth Foundation$51K
- The Peter Gilgan Foundation$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$36K
- Canadahelps Canadon$36K
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$35K
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$31K
- The Catherine Donnelly Foundation$30K
- Black Opportunity Fund$20K
- Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia$18K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$16K
- Right To Food$10K
- The Sonor Foundation$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$10K
- Green Communities Canada$10K
- The Edwards Family Charitable Foundation$10K
- Makeway Foundation$8,000
- RBC Foundation$8,000
- Loran Scholars Foundation$7,000
- Canadian Race Relations Foundation$3,200
- Conam Charitable Foundation$3,000
- Halifax Association for Improving the Conditions of the Poor$3,000
- Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security$3,000
- Kindred Foundation$1,945
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$606K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kolade Kolawole-Boboye (director); Chika Chiekwe (secretary); Brent Dreger (treasurer); Kelly Gallant (interim chair); Leslie McLean (vice chairperson); Nicola Ray-Smith (director); Colin Nicolle (director); Kenny Hilaire (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hope Blooms Youth Social Entrepreneurial Ventures Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 832858377RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.