Supporting Enhancements for Educational Diversity (S.E.E.D.)
Public foundation · Wolfville, Nova Scotia · BN 733000889RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($363,884) as filed with the CRA.
Supporting Enhancements for Educational Diversity (S.E.E.D.) is a public foundation based in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $645K in revenue and $364K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% 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 $314K in 2024, the largest being $302K to Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The foundation makes gifts to other qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $645K | $364K | — | — | $314K | $6.9M |
| 2023 | $462K | $252K | — | — | $236K | $6.7M |
| 2022 | -$425K | $135K | — | — | $124K | $6.5M |
| 2021 | $7M | $6,844 | — | — | — | $7M |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $314K to 3 qualified donees:
- Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education$302K
- Acadia University$10K
- The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Susan Payne (director/treasurer); Catherine Dunbar (director/secretary); Jodye Routledge (director/vice president); Bill Hardman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Supporting Enhancements for Educational Diversity (S.E.E.D.)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 733000889RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.