Porter's Lake and Myra Road Wilderness Area Association
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 896577343RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2020-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,450) as filed with the CRA.
Porter's Lake and Myra Road Wilderness Area Association is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 May 31, 2020, it reported $5,000 in revenue and $3,450 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $197.
Compared with 644 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers.
In its own words
Manage and maintain 'crowbar lake hiking trails at porters lake mainintain local history collection; 'old hall wilderness heritage centre'
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2020
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $5,000 | $3,450 | $3,450 | — | — | $34K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $197 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Porter's Lake and Myra Road Wilderness Area Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896577343RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.