The Halifax Grammar School
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 107461394RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($11,977,836) as filed with the CRA.
The Halifax Grammar School is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $13.8M in revenue and $12M in expenditures.
In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $66K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 88 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Independent school providing education from junior primary through grade 12.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $13.8M | $12M | $436K | $118K | — | $10.6M |
| 2023 | $12.4M | $10.1M | $384K | $102K | — | $10.5M |
| 2022 | $12.1M | $9.1M | $314K | $25K | — | $10.2M |
| 2021 | $11.2M | $8.6M | $297K | $2,629 | — | $9.3M |
| 2020 | $11.1M | $8.2M | $240K | $70K | — | $8.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $66K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions88
- Total compensation, all staff$9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rhiannon Davies (chair); Jillian Adler (vice-chair); James O'Neil (treasurer); Jon Stanfield (secretary/advancement committe); Alfred Burgesson (member); Jeffrey Christian (member); Christine Halef (member); Eduardo Mequita (member); Sathyasai Murty-Chelamkuri (member); Jarret Stuart (member); Ian Thompson (member); Timothy Trussell (member); Samantha Watson-Crooks (member); Steven Laffoley (head of school ex-officio).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Halifax Grammar School’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107461394RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.