The Elizabeth Bishop Society of Nova Scotia
Charitable organization · Great Village, Nova Scotia · BN 891323149RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,734) as filed with the CRA.
The Elizabeth Bishop Society of Nova Scotia is a charitable organization based in Great Village, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1,198 in revenue and $1,734 in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from donations.
Compared with 2,652 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $500 in 2023, the largest being $500 to Great Village Preservation Society. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $2,031 in 2020 to $1,198 in 2024.
In its own words
The mandate of the elizabeth bishop society of nova scotia is to raise awareness of and celebrate the nova scotia connections of the pulitzer prize winning poet elizabeth bishop. To this end the ebsns continues to publish its annual newsletter and to hold reading events in great village ns. In conjunction with its annual general meeting held in june which is open to the ebsns membership and the general public. All the activities and events of the ebsns are organized and carried out by volunteers on the board and in the wider community. The ebsns continues to maintain a website a blog and …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,198 | $1,734 | $1,281 | — | — | $3,023 |
| 2023 | $931 | $2,872 | $2,473 | — | $500 | $3,558 |
| 2022 | $840 | $1,252 | $892 | — | $100 | $5,499 |
| 2021 | $1,661 | $1,484 | $1,086 | — | $500 | $5,911 |
| 2020 | $2,031 | $2,172 | $1,178 | — | $500 | $5,733 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $500 to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Elizabeth Bishop Society of Nova Scotia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891323149RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.