Symphony Nova Scotia Foundation
Public foundation · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 890531791RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($993,743) as filed with the CRA.
Symphony Nova Scotia Foundation is a public foundation based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4.2M in revenue and $994K in expenditures.
In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $91K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 86% 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 1 qualified donee totalling $975K in 2024, the largest being $975K to Symphony Nova Scotia Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $4.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Primary mandate is to provide financial support to symphony nova scotia society to assist with funding concerts
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.2M | $994K | — | — | $975K | $23.3M |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1M | — | — | $1M | $20.1M |
| 2022 | -$1.1M | $828K | — | — | $808K | $19.4M |
| 2021 | $5.7M | $733K | — | — | $696K | $21.4M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $734K | — | — | $708K | $16.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $975K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $91K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dennice Leahey (chair); Alan Barkhouse (treasurer); Timothy Matthews (secretary); William Blakc; David Hastings; Paul Kent; Gail Morris; Ruth March; F. Van Penier; Sherry Porter; Douglas Reid; Cynthia Robertson.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Symphony Nova Scotia Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890531791RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.