St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica Foundation
Charitable organization · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 851610709RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($204,322) as filed with the CRA.
St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica Foundation is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $422K in revenue and $204K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 56% from donations, 36% from government, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $13K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $146K in 2024, the largest being $146K to Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Halifax. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $170K in 2020 to $422K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Continuing to raise awarness in the community of the importance of renovating the cathedral and its importance to the faithful as well as halifax as a community both for cultural and historical reasons as wegrow as a city and province
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $422K | $204K | $54K | — | $146K | $103K |
| 2023 | $58K | $53K | $53K | — | — | -$109K |
| 2022 | $62K | $76K | — | — | — | -$115K |
| 2021 | $73K | $99K | — | — | — | -$101K |
| 2020 | $170K | $220K | — | — | $75K | -$75K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $146K to 1 qualified donee:
- Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Halifax$146K
Received $13K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ronald Chisholm (chair); Irene D'Entremont (vice chair); Miles Sweeney (treasurer); Carl Ballard (director); Sheila Donahoe (director); Donna Geernaert (director); Bruce Holland (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 851610709RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.