The Edwards Family Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 890003866RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($269,888) as filed with the CRA.
The Edwards Family Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $247K in revenue and $270K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% 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 17 qualified donees totalling $210K in 2024, the largest being $20K to Mariners Aqautic Facility Swim. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $11K in 2020 to $247K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
To assist the les fortunate by distributing money to other charities in particular for children.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $247K | $270K | $40K | — | $210K | $5.1M |
| 2023 | $236K | $260K | $40K | — | $200K | $4.5M |
| 2022 | $227K | $236K | $41K | — | $175K | $4.4M |
| 2021 | $117K | $258K | $39K | — | $200K | $5M |
| 2020 | $11K | $235K | $36K | — | $180K | $4.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $210K to 17 qualified donees:
- Mariners Aqautic Facility Swim$20K
- Feed Nova Scotia Society$15K
- Landmark East Association$15K
- Brigadoon Children's Camp Society$15K
- Wee CARE Developmental Day CARE Centre$15K
- Special Olympics Society of Nova Scotia$15K
- Regional Independent Student Association$15K
- Hope Blooms Youth Social Entrepreneurial Ventures Inc.$10K
- Dartmouth General Hospital Charitable Foundation$10K
- Dalhousie University$10K
- The Flower Cart$10K
- Saint Mary's University$10K
- MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning Society$10K
- Atlantic Christian Training Centre$10K
- The North Grove Society$10K
- Society of Saint Vincent de Paul$10K
- The Governors of ST. Francis Xavier University$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Murray Edwards (chairman); Sylvia Edwards (trustee); Joan Delehanty (secretary); George Davis (president); Kelly Edwards (trustee); Duncan Enman (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Edwards Family Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890003866RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.