Lunenburg Fishermen's Foundation Inc.
Public foundation · Lunenburg, Nova Scotia · BN 820361541RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($357,665) as filed with the CRA.
Lunenburg Fishermen's Foundation Inc. is a public foundation based in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $433K in revenue and $358K in expenditures.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 12 qualified donees totalling $220K in 2023, the largest being $60K to South Shore Health Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $213K in 2020 to $433K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
To provide funds to registered charities and other activities and programs in lunenburg. To alleviate financial hardship suffered by fishermen and their families advance education and to fund activities and programs to benefit people of lunenburg.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $433K | $358K | — | — | $314K | $5.9M |
| 2023 | $250K | $261K | — | — | $220K | $5.3M |
| 2022 | $279K | $246K | — | — | $206K | $5.2M |
| 2021 | $249K | $258K | — | — | $209K | $5.8M |
| 2020 | $213K | $252K | — | — | $208K | $4.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $220K to 12 qualified donees:
- South Shore Health Foundation$60K
- Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance$26K
- Musique Royale$23K
- Lunenburg Doc Fest Association$22K
- Lunenburg Academy Foundation$20K
- Lunenburg and District Swimming Pool Society$16K
- The South Shore Genealogical Society$14K
- Lunenburg Heritage Society$11K
- Lunenburg Pastoral Charge$10K
- Town of Lunenburg$10K
- Lunenburg Folk Harbour Society$5,000
- Maritime Concert Opera Society$3,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$22K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jane Ritcey (president); Benjamin Smith (director); David Knickle (secretary - treasurer); Henry Demone (director); James Mosher (vice president); Mary Meisner (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lunenburg Fishermen's Foundation Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 820361541RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.