Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 107788192RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($22,593,919) as filed with the CRA.
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design is a charitable organization based in Halifax, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $21.9M in revenue and $22.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 48% from government. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.1M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 129 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Nscad university grants degrees of master of fine arts master of design master of arts in art education bachelors of art in visual arts design (honors) and fine arts. Nscad provides assistance and programs in the advancement of education in the arts. This includes teaching instruction training and promotion of the arts.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $21.9M | $22.6M | $18.7M | $569K | — | $38M |
| 2023 | $21.4M | $21M | — | $325K | — | $37.6M |
| 2022 | $23.3M | $21.3M | — | $294K | — | $39.2M |
| 2021 | $23.1M | $20.4M | — | $667K | — | $36M |
| 2020 | $23.6M | $21M | — | $695K | — | $31.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.1M from 12 charities:
- The Dalglish Family Foundation$936K
- Trust Under the Will of Marguerite I. Vernon Estate$50K
- Arno Family Foundation$25K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$17K
- Harrison McCain Foundation$8,000
- MitoCanada Foundation$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,931
- J and W Murphy Foundation$3,500
- Vancouver Foundation$3,300
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,849
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions129
- Total compensation, all staff$14.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107788192RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.