MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning Society
Publicly funded institution · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 805476264RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($652,205) as filed with the CRA.
MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning Society is a charitable organization based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $542K in revenue and $652K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from donations, 64% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $124K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 18 names.
In its own words
The macphee centre for creative learning society (macphee centre) is an alternative creative learning environment for youth between 12 and 19 years old who are attending school but at risk of dropping out or not completing their formal education. Using creative arts education the greatest potential is unleashed in young people while encouraging them to embrace lifelong learning and community service as valuable personal goals. Macphee centre is the only program of its kind to combine the environment education empowerment & entrepreneurship - and put these pillars firmly in place beneath a…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $542K | $652K | $409K | $14K | — | $911K |
| 2023 | $876K | $622K | $392K | $46K | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $560K | $565K | $355K | $122 | — | $806K |
| 2021 | $599K | $507K | $317K | $2,426 | — | $810K |
| 2020 | $533K | $368K | $249K | $1,469 | — | $718K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $124K from 12 charities:
- RBC Foundation$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$16K
- The Windsor Foundation$15K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$13K
- Halifax Youth Foundation$10K
- The Edwards Family Charitable Foundation$10K
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$10K
- The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society$9,067
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,844
- United Way of Colchester County$4,812
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$460
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$255
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$385K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Josh Santimaw (board member); Stuart Clow (co-chair); Mary Stephanie Coldwell (principal); Sarah Lefurgey (secretary); Bintou Kaira (board member); Stephanie Johnson (board member); Kareem O'Keefe (co-chair); Kyla Macdougall (treasurer); Indio Lefchak (board member - youth); Lisa Weatherhead (board member); Kris Lane (board member); Mady Macintyre (board member); Princess Okorie (youth member); Caz Artemise Kavanaugh (youth member); Janissa Browne (board member); Heather Macdonald (board member); Shadman Sadab (board member); Elizabeth Olufunke Salami (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 805476264RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.