Nova Scotia Knights of Columbus Charitable Foundation
Public foundation · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 866988694RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($17,359) as filed with the CRA.
Nova Scotia Knights of Columbus Charitable Foundation is a public foundation based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $28K in revenue and $17K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from donations, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,243.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 97% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $5,300 in 2024, the largest being $5,300 to Special Olympics Society of Nova Scotia. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The nova scotia knights of columbus charitable foundation was incorporated under the societies act of nova scotia on november 21 1997. The purporse of the foundation is raise and donate monies for charitable causes including assisting with major catastrophic events supporting the youth of the diocese and supporting the nova scotia knights of columbus scholarship program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $28K | $17K | $11K | — | $13K | — |
| 2023 | $30K | $3,044 | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | $38K | $36K | — | — | $31K | — |
| 2021 | $17K | $16K | $11K | — | $11K | — |
| 2020 | $19K | $22K | — | — | $17K | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5,300 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $1,243 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
George McCormack (director/chairman); Ronald Dowling (member); Bruce Colborne (director); W Frank Howell (director); George Robertson (director/secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nova Scotia Knights of Columbus Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866988694RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.