Sussex Area Community Foundation Incorporated
Public foundation · Sussex, New Brunswick · BN 880033808RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($164,373) as filed with the CRA.
Sussex Area Community Foundation Incorporated is a public foundation based in Sussex, New Brunswick, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $212K in revenue and $164K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 26% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8,273.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 34 qualified donees totalling $98K in 2024, the largest being $12K to The University of New Brunswick. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Providing grants to qualified donees for projects that will positively affect the Town of Sussex and surrounding communities. Providing grants to accredited educational institutions to allow bursaries to be awarded to high school graduates.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $212K | $164K | — | $4,866 | $98K | $2.4M |
| 2023 | $187K | $151K | — | — | $89K | $2.3M |
| 2022 | $198K | $156K | — | — | $97K | $2.3M |
| 2021 | $435K | $115K | — | $355 | $61K | $2.3M |
| 2020 | $234K | $154K | — | $746 | $100K | $2.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $98K to 34 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The University of New Brunswick$12K
- Sussex Regional High School$11K
- Town of Sussex$9,000
- Arts and Culture Centre of Sussex Inc.$8,956
- Mount Allison University$5,700
- Shannon United Baptist Church$5,000
- Fundy Civic Centre Inc.$5,000
- Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Saint John Inc.$5,000
- YMCA of Southwestern New Brunswick Inc.$4,750
- Symphony New Brunswick Inc./Symphonie Nouveau-Brunswick Inc.$4,500
- Sussex Public Library$2,687
- Acadia University$2,600
- Bryant Drive Holdings Inc$2,500
- Multicultural Association of Sussex Inc.$2,000
- The Chalmers Foundation Inc.$2,000
- New Brunswick Federation of Music Festivals Inc-Federation Festivals Musique du N B Inc$2,000
- Cambridge-Narrows Community School$1,700
- Kings County Historical and Archival Society Inc.$1,550
- Belleisle Watershed Coalition Inc.$1,500
- The Gaia Project$1,300
- Ready Arc Training and Testing$1,000
- Dalhousie University Agricultural Campuss$1,000
- The Rotary Club of Sussex Charitable Trusts Inc.$1,000
- Apohaqui Elementary School$972
- Kings County Family Resource Centre Inc.$815
Received $8,273 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$25K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jessica Walker (director); Stacey Stairs (director); Laura Adair (director); Catherine Macleod (chairperson); Peter Davidson (treasurer); Paul Maguire (director); Paul Bedford (vice- chairperson); Andrew Conway (director); Katherine Gish (director); Laura Ravn (director); John Dunfield (director); Michael Elliott (director); Robert Kimball (director); Alaina Lockhart (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sussex Area Community Foundation Incorporated’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 880033808RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.