Rural Communities Foundation of Nova Scotia
Public foundation · Tantallon, Nova Scotia · BN 863506655RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($506,613) as filed with the CRA.
Rural Communities Foundation of Nova Scotia is a public foundation based in Tantallon, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $463K in revenue and $507K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 23% from donations, 71% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $387K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $463K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
Provide grants and donations to programs that help rural communities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $463K | $507K | $382K | $16K | $18K | $319K |
| 2023 | $514K | $441K | $308K | $26K | $308K | $463K |
| 2022 | $102K | $147K | $26K | $25K | $18K | $351K |
| 2021 | $326K | $286K | — | $27K | $211K | $438K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $880K | — | $5,879 | $830K | $388K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $387K 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$54K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Elphas Gweru (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Rural Communities Foundation of Nova Scotia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 863506655RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.