Nova Scotia Talent Trust
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 889483392RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($204,760) as filed with the CRA.
Nova Scotia Talent Trust 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 $213K in revenue and $205K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from donations, 66% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $57K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% 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 $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 20 names.
In its own words
The nova scotia talent trust offers scholarships to nova scotians studying in the arts
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $213K | $205K | $137K | $13K | — | $205K |
| 2023 | $181K | $197K | $139K | $4,250 | — | $190K |
| 2022 | $191K | $193K | $145K | $5,080 | — | $217K |
| 2021 | $213K | $221K | $156K | $3,510 | $26K | $219K |
| 2020 | $288K | $249K | $187K | $6,199 | — | $227K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $57K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$55K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pamela Ritchie (director-at-large); Victoria Hines (chair); Arthur Leblanc (honorary chair); Alexander (ted) Fraser (honorary lifetime direct); Myra Freeman (honorary lifetime direct); Robert Geraghty (honorary lifetime directr); Adrian Hoffman (past chair); Charlotte Wilson-Hammond (honorary director); Timothy Matthews (honorary lifetime direct); Barbara Butler (honorary lifetime direct); Natalie Wells (treasurer); Jonathon Wallace Smith (director at large); Susan Hanrahan (vice chair); Michelle Lahey (director); Janice Merritt Flemming (honoarary director); Ninette Babineau (honorary director); Jacqueline Steudler (honorary director); Andrea Pottyondy (director); Alexis Muscat (director); Jeff Joudrey (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nova Scotia Talent Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889483392RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.