Mi'Kmaw Native Friendship Society
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 119039899RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
No spending breakdown could be derived from this charity’s most recent filing — the receipt can’t be printed. The figures it did file are below.
Mi'Kmaw Native Friendship Society is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $25M in revenue and $23.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 26 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1M.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $8M in 2020 to $25M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Community action plan aboriginal head start family resource program direction 180 needle exchange program hep c harm reduction community triage navigator communities of care seven sparks (justice) jordan's principle adult learning program coalition table national data base project youth program housing & homelessness programs christmas cheer program back pack program seniors programs transition year program for university employment program active living program atelihai inuit program parenting journey
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $25M | $23.6M | — | — | — | $3.5M |
| 2023 | $15.6M | $15.4M | — | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2022 | $15.6M | $15.4M | — | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $12.5M | $12M | — | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $8M | $7.8M | — | — | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1M from 26 charities:
- Pathy Family Foundation$330K
- Suncor Energy Foundation/fondation Suncor Energie$200K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$100K
- Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia$67K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$65K
- Canadahelps Canadon$55K
- Canadahelps Canadon$55K
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$33K
- The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society$33K
- Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia$25K
- Music Education Charity of Canada$19K
- Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia$18K
- RBC Foundation$15K
- Toronto Foundation$10K
- Halifax Association for Improving the Conditions of the Poor$5,000
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$4,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,023
- Vancouver Foundation$1,350
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$1,091
- Suncor Energy Foundation/fondation Suncor Energie$500
- Nova Scotia Nature Trust$330
- Sisters of Charity - Caritas Retirement Centre$270
- United Way of Greater Moncton and Southeastern New Brunswick Region Inc.\centraide de la Region du Grand Moncton et du Sud Est du Nouveau-New Brunswick Inc.$234
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$166
- United Way of Greater Toronto$26
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Anthony Thomas (chair); Roger Lewis (vice chair); David Ladouceur (treasurer/secretary); Deborah Robinson (director); Paula Marshall (director); Bryan Blue (director); Raymond Sewell (director); Aiden Gillis (director); Miranda Pierro (director); Yolanda Pennell (director); Valerie Armstrong (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mi'Kmaw Native Friendship Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119039899RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.