R.C. MacGillivray Guest Home Foundation
Public foundation · Sydney, Nova Scotia · BN 825574262RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($64,685) as filed with the CRA.
R.C. MacGillivray Guest Home Foundation is a public foundation based in Sydney, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $249K in revenue and $65K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 41% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $101K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 87% of that peer group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $22K in 2024, the largest being $21K to R. C. MacGILLIVRAY GUEST HOME SOCIETY. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $117K in 2020 to $249K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Fundraising activities are conducted during the year to raise funds. The foundation offers support to the r.c. Macgillivray guest home residents by supporting recreation activities at the home and facility purchasing.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $249K | $65K | $829 | $40K | $22K | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $253K | $39K | $85 | $9,658 | $27K | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $150K | $32K | $2,992 | $6,643 | $22K | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $382K | $105K | $5,403 | $24K | $75K | $967K |
| 2020 | $117K | $76K | $5,482 | $48K | $23K | $659K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $22K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $101K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rick Farmer (director); Frank Howell (director/board chair); Michelle Millburn (director/treasurer); Patricia Fricker-Bates (director/vice chair); Brian Beaton (director); Mary Frances Macintyre (director); Vince Maclean (director); Ann Young (director/secretary); Jody Gentile (director); Sylvie Gerbasi (director); Sheila Prendergast (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from R.C. MacGillivray Guest Home Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 825574262RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.