Sable Island Institute
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 720448729RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($121,205) as filed with the CRA.
Sable Island Institute is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $146K in revenue and $121K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 68% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,592.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 78% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $54K in 2020 to $146K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The sable island institutes mission is to support and promote the protection and conservation of the natural and cultural values of sable island through research collaboration and education. The institute is a multidisciplinary organization.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $146K | $121K | $85K | $16K | — | $98K |
| 2023 | $166K | $159K | $118K | $22K | — | $74K |
| 2022 | $149K | $117K | $93K | $12K | — | $67K |
| 2021 | $128K | $110K | $91K | $8,322 | — | $35K |
| 2020 | $54K | $48K | $41K | — | — | $17K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,592 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$39K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Zoe Lucas (president); Dominique Gusset (director); James McMillan (treasurer); Anne Muecke (secretary); Bradley Toms (director); Sherman Boates (director); Anna Grue (director); Renee Kuehnle (vice-president); Danielle Crowe (director); Meredith Chatman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sable Island Institute’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 720448729RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.