Nova Scotia Nature Trust
Charitable organization · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 889627691RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,361,254) as filed with the CRA.
Nova Scotia Nature Trust is a charitable organization based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $14.9M in revenue and $10.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations, 9% from government, 20% from other charities. In 2024, 27 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3.6M.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $1.7M in 2024, the largest being $1.1M to The Nature Conservancy of Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.7M in 2020 to $14.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Programs designed to: (1) educate and encourage landowners to preserve land in Nova Scotia and to build awareness of land conservation and (2) provide permanent conservation and stewardship of ecologically significant natural landscape.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14.9M | $10.4M | $8.2M | $189K | $1.7M | $59.2M |
| 2023 | $10.2M | $7.3M | $6.2M | $254K | $535K | $48.3M |
| 2022 | $8.2M | $5.4M | $5M | $177K | $3,111 | $41M |
| 2021 | $7.9M | $4.6M | $4.3M | $232K | $41K | $33.4M |
| 2020 | $4.7M | $3M | $2.3M | $236K | $2,310 | $26.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.7M to 13 qualified donees:
- The Nature Conservancy of Canada$1.1M
- The Nature Trust of New Brunswick Inc./la Fondation pour la Protection des Sites Naturels de Nouveau-Brunswick Inc.$566K
- The Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre$2,175
- Lta the Land Trust Alliance of British Columbia$2,146
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,865
- Ontario Land Trust Alliance Inc.$1,327
- Atlantic School of Theology$376
- Mi'Kmaw Native Friendship Society$330
- My Tribute Gift Foundation$206
- Atlantic Salmon Federation (canada) / Federation du Saumon Atlantique (canada)$200
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$40
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$22
- Chimp$8
Received $3.6M from 27 charities:
- Nova Scotia Crown Share Land Legacy Trust$3.1M
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$252K
- The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society$69K
- BenefAction Foundation$46K
- The Sabourin Family Foundation$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$24K
- Canadahelps Canadon$24K
- Aqueduct Foundation$21K
- Brock Harmony Foundation Inc.$5,000
- The Spatz Foundation$5,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,377
- Open Sky$3,000
- Canada Gives$1,500
- London Community Foundation$1,500
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$1,322
- Donovan Family Foundation Incorporated$1,000
- George F. Wade Foundation$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$809
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$335
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$279
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$238
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$196
- United Way of Greater Toronto$189
- United Way of Greater Moncton and Southeastern New Brunswick Region Inc.\centraide de la Region du Grand Moncton et du Sud Est du Nouveau-New Brunswick Inc.$95
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christopher Wilson (past chair); Richard Landzaat (treasurer); Paul Comeau (vice-chair); Megan Cuming (chair); Emily Hunter (director); Sean Kelly (director); Adrienne Leahey (director); Barbara Mason (secretary); Joshua Tabh (director); Sheri Penner (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nova Scotia Nature Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889627691RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.