The DR. & MRS. H. E. Christie Community Foundation
Private foundation · Amherst, Nova Scotia · BN 863364501RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($765,414) as filed with the CRA.
The DR. & MRS. H. E. Christie Community Foundation is a private foundation based in Amherst, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.3M in revenue and $765K in expenditures.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $100K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 32 qualified donees totalling $639K in 2024, the largest being $96K to Town of Amherst. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $171K in 2020 to $3.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Provides donations to various community organizations for the relief of poverty advancement of education religion health care arts culture and sport and recreation
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.3M | $765K | $13K | — | $639K | $7.8M |
| 2023 | $4.1M | $676K | $13K | — | $568K | $6.8M |
| 2022 | $4.1M | $396K | $10K | — | $319K | $6.4M |
| 2021 | $2M | $364K | $18K | — | $289K | $7.1M |
| 2020 | $171K | $313K | $20K | — | $244K | $6.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Other income$2,374,528
- Investment income$765,134
- From other charities$100,000
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $639K to 32 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Town of Amherst$96K
- Cumberland Homelessness and Housing Support Association$76K
- Chignecto-Central Regional Centre for Education$67K
- Municipality of Cumberland$40K
- Cumberland Health CARE Foundation$37K
- Cumberland County Hospice/palliative$30K
- Cumberland County Transition House Association$27K
- Cumberland Museum Society$26K
- Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada - Nova Scotia Branch$25K
- Nova Scotia Community College Foundation$20K
- Lillian Allbon Cumberland County Animal Shelter$20K
- Trinity-ST Stephen's United Church$19K
- Springhill Baptist Church$15K
- Oxford Pioneer Heritage Club$15K
- Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia$15K
- A Hand Up Society$15K
- Cumberland Regional Library Board$14K
- The Ship's Company Society$10K
- Sexual Health Centre for Cumberland County Association$10K
- A.r.j.s./e.b. Chandler Band & Choir Parents Association$9,230
- The Dollywood Foundation of Canada$8,500
- Fundy Winds Society$7,475
- Nova Scotia 4H Council$7,000
- ca-r-ma.org - CAT RESCUE MARITIMES$6,600
- Parrsboro Band Association$6,440
Received $100K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Christie (chair); Morris Haugg (vice chair); John Macleod (trustee); Jennifer Brennan (secretary); Donna Fitzpatrick (treasurer); Mark Carter (trustee); Linda Macleod (trustee for life).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The DR. & MRS. H. E. Christie Community Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 863364501RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.