I W K Health Centre Charitable Foundation
Public foundation · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 867558090RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($27,088,618) as filed with the CRA.
I W K Health Centre Charitable Foundation is a public foundation based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $36.1M in revenue and $27.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 26% from donations, 19% from government. In 2024, 85 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4.1M.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 45 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $20.5M in 2024, the largest being $20.3M to Grace Health Centre for Children Women and Families. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $8.1M in 2020 to $36.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 23 names.
In its own words
The IWK Health Centre Charitable Foundation was established to raise and receive funds to enhance and promote the health care of children women and families; to support excellence in patient care and to support development of the IWK Health Centre including research and education throughout the Maritime Provinces. Funds are raised by telethon radiothon planned giving capital campaigns direct mail special events bequests and investment income.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $36.1M | $27.1M | — | $3.9M | $20.5M | $94.1M |
| 2023 | $19.9M | $20.1M | — | $3.6M | $13.7M | $85.1M |
| 2022 | $19M | $13.8M | — | $3M | $8.6M | $85.3M |
| 2021 | $28.2M | $14M | — | $2.4M | $9.5M | $80.1M |
| 2020 | $8.1M | $12.6M | — | $2.6M | $7.8M | $65.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $20.5M to 13 qualified donees:
- Grace Health Centre for Children Women and Families$20.3M
- The Janeway Children's Hospital Foundation$28K
- La fondation de l'hôpital de montréal pour enfants/The Montréal Children's Hospital Foundation$15K
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Foundation$15K
- Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation$15K
- Sickkids Charitable Giving Fund$15K
- Children's Health Foundation$15K
- The Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba Inc.$15K
- Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation Inc.$15K
- Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation$15K
- British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation$15K
- Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation$15K
- Sainte-Justine UHC Foundation$15K
Received $4.1M from 85 charities:
- The Myron and Berna Garron Charitable Foundation$1M
- The David and Faye Sobey Foundation$500K
- J and W Murphy Foundation$400K
- The Medavie Foundation Inc.$250K
- The Windsor Foundation$250K
- Colin and Belle MacDonald Charitable Foundation$218K
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$200K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$131K
- RBC Foundation$125K
- William and Odna McCarlie Foundation$106K
- The Wesley and Patricia Armour Foundation Inc.$100K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$71K
- BenefAction Foundation$69K
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$66K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$59K
- Canada Cycles for Kids$56K
- R. Howard Webster Foundation$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$40K
- Canadahelps Canadon$40K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$38K
- Aqueduct Foundation$31K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$29K
- Estate of L.V. Smith$28K
- The Herbert S. and Jean W. Lamb Charitable Foundation$24K
- John and Elizabeth Godin Perpetual Charitable Trust$17K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions45
- Total compensation, all staff$4.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jennifer Auld (trustee); Kaitlyn Barry (trustee); Kara Cameron (trustee); Audrey Denise Doucet (trustee); Jennifer Gillivan (secretary - board of trustees); Wendy Griffin (chair board of trustees); Greg Hughes (trustee); Sarah Irving (trustee); Krista Jangaard (trustee); Veronica Lawen (trustee); Andrew Lynk (trustee); Kyle MacDonald (trustee); Barry Mason (trustee); Steven Moore (trustee); Alison McCrea (trustee); Kellie Sauriol (trustee); Greg Simpson (trustee); Olivia Sobey (trustee); Sarah Veinot (trustee); Mary Jane Webster (trustee); Kevin Kiley (trustee); Sonya Marie Fraser (trustee); Nicola Ray Smith (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from I W K Health Centre Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 867558090RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.