John George and Emily Macdougall Bursary Trust
Private foundation · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 118974963RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($61,458) as filed with the CRA.
John George and Emily Macdougall Bursary Trust is a private foundation based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $47K in revenue and $61K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $35K in 2024, the largest being $35K to Dalhousie University. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
To assist worthy students of dalhousie university medical school who may be without resources to complete their course of studies.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $47K | $61K | — | — | $35K | $1M |
| 2023 | $95K | $58K | — | — | $33K | $1M |
| 2022 | $65K | $55K | — | — | $28K | $987K |
| 2021 | $93K | $52K | — | — | $27K | $977K |
| 2020 | $58K | $53K | — | — | $29K | $936K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $35K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Canada Trust (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from John George and Emily Macdougall Bursary Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118974963RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.