Nourish Nova Scotia Society
Public foundation · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 819541103RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($834,376) as filed with the CRA.
Nourish Nova Scotia Society is a public foundation based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $901K in revenue and $834K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 34% from government, 52% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $396K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $305K in 2024, the largest being $305K to Assorted Regional Centres for Education (7) School Board of. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Established in 2012 nourish nova scotia is a registered charity that support the health education and well-being of children and youth throughout the province. Nourish nova scotia supports include: 1. Grants for school based healthy eating programs 2. Program leadership advocacy and resources including: educational materials best practice standards food literacy fundraising supports and volunteer resources 3. Network building among programs and volunteers to increase capacity and facilitate sharing of knowledge and resources nourish currently supports 93% of public schools in nova s…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $901K | $834K | $426K | $52K | $305K | $812K |
| 2023 | $850K | $885K | $561K | — | $231K | $345K |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.6M | — | — | $1M | $379K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1.1M | — | — | $556K | $345K |
| 2020 | $651K | $612K | — | — | $252K | $347K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $305K to 1 qualified donee:
- Assorted Regional Centres for Education (7) School Board of$305K
Received $396K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$386K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Debbie Madore (board member); Janice Silver (treasurer); Heather Morse (board member); Maria Wilson (board member); Helen Wong (board member); Irene Ogada (board member); Suzanne Vincent (board member); Monica Rodriguez (board member); Marilee Sulewski (chair); Nancy Saul-Demers (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nourish Nova Scotia Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 819541103RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.