Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia
Public foundation · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 858635675RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,686,896) as filed with the CRA.
Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia is a public foundation based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $4.7M in revenue and $4.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from donations. In 2024, 31 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $720K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 91 qualified donees totalling $2M in 2024, the largest being $138K to Kids Help Phone. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2M in 2020 to $4.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
1) funding to the nova scotia health authority for programs and services in patient care education and research (central zone mental health & addictions program) 2) distribution of charitable grants to community based mental health organizations for support education and care
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.7M | $4.7M | — | $261K | $2M | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $4M | $5.7M | — | $237K | $1.7M | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $2.9M | $2.8M | — | $179K | $966K | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $2.6M | $2.5M | — | $88K | $1.2M | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $2M | $2M | — | $343K | $180K | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2M to 91 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Kids Help Phone$138K
- Canadian Mental Health Association Nova Scotia Division$127K
- Brigadoon Children's Camp Society$105K
- 7th Step Society of Nova Scotia (2019)$92K
- Mi'Kmaw Native Friendship Society$67K
- Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts$57K
- The Marguerite Centre Society of Nova Scotia$56K
- Healing Opportunities for People Everywhere(hope)$50K
- Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation$50K
- The John Howard Society of Nova Scotia$43K
- Hope for Mental Health Society$43K
- The Nova Scotia Youth Project Society$35K
- ISANS. Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia$35K
- LOVE: Leave Out Violence Nova Scotia Society$33K
- Women of the First Light$32K
- Evangeline Recreation Society$32K
- Bereaved Families of Cape Breton Society$31K
- Hospice Society of Greater Halifax$27K
- The Tema Foundation$25K
- Tri-County Women's Centre Society$25K
- Strongest Families Institute$25K
- The Stepping Stone Association$25K
- Reachability Association$25K
- Mi'Kmaw Native Friendship Society$25K
- Fountain of Health Association for Optimal Aging$25K
Received $720K from 31 charities:
- J and W Murphy Foundation$345K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$140K
- A Dollar A Day Foundation$30K
- Sutherland Harris Memorial Hospital Foundation$25K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$20K
- A Dollar A Day Foundation$20K
- John and Elizabeth Godin Perpetual Charitable Trust$17K
- Canadahelps Canadon$17K
- The DR. & MRS. H. E. Christie Community Foundation$15K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$13K
- The Medavie Foundation Inc.$13K
- BenefAction Foundation$10K
- The Stevens Family Foundation$10K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$7,620
- Grace Health Centre for Children Women and Families$5,000
- The Wadih M. Fares Family Foundation$5,000
- Black Family Foundation$5,000
- GJM Charitable Foundation$3,500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$3,088
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$3,000
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$2,500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,250
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$2,000
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$2,000
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$1,950
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$699K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Morgan Manzere (chair); Lorna Griffin-Fillier (vice chair); Paul Shirriff (treasurer); Alisa Alyward (past chair); Kiersten Amos (trustee); Jason Buchanan (trustee); Brian Himmelman (trustee); Kim Macdonald (trustee); Linda Mackay (trustee); Bryan Rice (trustee); Jennifer Simister (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 858635675RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.