Sobey Art Foundation
Private foundation · Stellarton, Nova Scotia · BN 119152635RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,451,217) as filed with the CRA.
Sobey Art Foundation is a private foundation based in Stellarton, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $525K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $119K in 2023, the largest being $64K to Confederation Centre of the Arts Foundation Inc.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The foundation had its collection of fine art available for public viewing at regularly scheduled times during the year. The collection was also available for viewing by special groups through prearranged appointments. The foundation also loans its paintings to other galleries for viewing.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.5M | $1.4M | — | — | $11.5M |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.5M | $1.4M | — | $119K | $12.1M |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | — | $12.8M |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $639K | $453K | — | — | $12.3M |
| 2020 | $2M | $928K | $702K | — | $215K | $11.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $119K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $525K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Frank Sobey (director); Robert Sobey (chair); Janis Sobey-Hames (director); Nancy McCain (director); Dell Pohlman (vice chair); Bernard Doucet (secretary); Gaetane Verna (director); Jaimie Isaac (director); Kent Monkman (director); Nadia Myre (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sobey Art Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119152635RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.