The Cotton Trust for Vocational Students and Public Parks
Private foundation · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 140706532RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($15,600) as filed with the CRA.
The Cotton Trust for Vocational Students and Public Parks is a private foundation based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $19K in revenue and $16K in expenditures.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 7% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $6,043 in 2024, the largest being $5,352 to Minister of Education PEI. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
The annual net income of the trust fund to be used to assist vocational students acquiring and developing parkland and developing parkland for the public library and r. Harris memorial gallery in the province of p.e.I.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $19K | $16K | — | — | $6,043 | $238K |
| 2023 | $9,891 | $14K | — | — | $5,296 | $234K |
| 2022 | $11K | $14K | — | — | $4,340 | $239K |
| 2021 | $30K | $14K | — | — | $4,590 | $241K |
| 2020 | $15K | $13K | — | — | $4,613 | $226K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $6,043 to 2 qualified donees:
- Minister of Education PEI$5,352
- Fathers of Confederation Memorial Trust$691
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Canada Trust (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Cotton Trust for Vocational Students and Public Parks’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140706532RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.