Scholarship Trust Fund under the will of Marial Laura Morse Mosher
Private foundation · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 821058054RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($248,843) as filed with the CRA.
Scholarship Trust Fund under the will of Marial Laura Morse Mosher is a private foundation based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $525K in revenue and $249K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 36% from donations.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $160K in 2024, the largest being $53K to Mount Saint Vincent University. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $149K in 2020 to $525K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
The scholarship trust fund shall be divided into three equal shares of which the annual income will be divided as follows: (1) the 'malcolm mosher memorial scholarship' at dalhousie university to students studying in the areas of social sciences business or economics. (2) the 'florence b mosher memorial scholarship' at acadia university in wolfville ns to students studying in the areas of faculty of arts or faculty of fine arts. (3) the 'marial mosher canadian studies scholarship' at mount saint vincent university of halifax ns to students studying in the area of canadian studies.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $525K | $249K | — | — | $160K | $4.8M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $247K | — | — | $133K | $4.5M |
| 2022 | $800K | $258K | — | — | $185K | $3.5M |
| 2021 | $283K | $157K | — | — | $93K | $3M |
| 2020 | $149K | $66K | — | — | — | $2.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $160K to 3 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Canada Trust (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Scholarship Trust Fund under the will of Marial Laura Morse Mosher’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 821058054RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.