New Brunswick Highland Games and Scottish Festival Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Fredericton, New Brunswick · BN 887092500RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($222,704) as filed with the CRA.
New Brunswick Highland Games and Scottish Festival Inc. is a charitable organization based in Fredericton, New Brunswick, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $265K in revenue and $223K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 52% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $837.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $39K in 2020 to $265K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Since 1981 the New Brunswick Highland Games Festival has been working to advance knowledge of the Scottish / Celtic culture and heritage in New Brunswick. The festival programming includes workshops (Gaelic language Scottish rituals whisky tasting highland dance for kids introduction to bagpipes etc.) Scottish foods Celtic music performances pipe band and highland dance competitions genealogy children's entertainment and Scottish athletic competitions. The festival attracts visitors from Canada the United States and overseas and encourages attendees who claim wish to claim or sim…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $265K | $223K | $212K | — | — | $200K |
| 2023 | $227K | $221K | $206K | $1,600 | — | $158K |
| 2022 | $235K | $198K | $191K | $1,377 | — | $152K |
| 2021 | $290 | $8,959 | — | $2,542 | — | $115K |
| 2020 | $39K | $22K | $11K | — | — | $124K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $837 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$13K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christopher Gallant (past-president); Alanna Macfarlane (vice-president); Peter Cashin (vice-president); Kelsey Hovey (treasurer); Shirley MacLean (secretary); Devin Patterson (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from New Brunswick Highland Games and Scottish Festival Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887092500RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.