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.
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.