Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 119063378RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($829,394) as filed with the CRA.
Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $843K in revenue and $829K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 68% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $82K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council (the 'NSDCC') is a non-profit based organization with the mandate to encourage and promote the craft movement in Nova Scotia and the public awareness of craft products and activities. To achieve these objectives the NSDCC conducts a variety of programs including two annual retail craft markets print and digital publications a standards jury exhibitions workshops and export development projects. Additionally the NSDCC manages the Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design on behalf of the Province of Nova Scotia. The Centre…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $843K | $829K | $509K | — | — | $171K |
| 2023 | $586K | $578K | $345K | $26K | — | $158K |
| 2022 | $519K | $458K | $266K | $9,312 | — | $150K |
| 2021 | $453K | $296K | $174K | $19K | — | $90K |
| 2020 | $743K | $747K | $532K | — | — | -$68K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $82K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$407K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Frances Dorsey (director); Kelly Jerrott (executive director); Kristi Farrier (secretary); Funmilayo Odeniyi (treasurer); Virginia Stephen (vice president); Eva Nicholas (director); Allison Tremain (director); Adam McNamara (director); Angela Franklin (director); Tabitha Lynn (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119063378RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.