The John and Jeanne Eyking Family Foundation
Private foundation · Sydney, Nova Scotia · BN 832745335RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($280,778) as filed with the CRA.
The John and Jeanne Eyking Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Sydney, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $846K in revenue and $281K in expenditures.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $100.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 29 qualified donees totalling $275K in 2024, the largest being $50K to The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $133K in 2020 to $846K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
To solicit and accept gifts donations bequests and legacies and to apply the funds only for charitable purposes
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $846K | $281K | — | — | $230K | $5.7M |
| 2023 | $387K | $249K | $198K | — | $198K | $5.1M |
| 2022 | $757K | $395K | $178K | $525 | $173K | $5M |
| 2021 | $956K | $227K | $200K | — | $200K | $4.4M |
| 2020 | $133K | $173K | $148K | — | $148K | $3.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $275K to 29 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$50K
- Oxfam Canada$18K
- Kinvia$18K
- Doctors Without Borders Canada / Medecins Sans Frontieresca Nada$18K
- CARE Canada$18K
- Haley Street Adult Services Centre Society$15K
- Cape Breton University$15K
- YMCA of Cape Breton$10K
- The Ark-Community Initiatives Society$10K
- North Sydney Food Bank Society$10K
- Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation$10K
- Sydney Mines Food Bank Society$6,000
- Nourish Nova Scotia Society$6,000
- Glace Bay Food Bank Society$6,000
- Feed Nova Scotia Society$6,000
- Every Woman's Fundraising Society$5,000
- Whitney Pier Youth Centre Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada$5,000
- United Way of Cape Breton County$5,000
- Nova Scotia Community College Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Special Olympics Foundation$5,000
- Inner-City Churches of Sydney (society)$5,000
- Hospice Palliative CARE Society of Cape Breton County$5,000
- Horizon Achievement Centre Society$5,000
- Cape Breton Regional Library Board$5,000
- Canadian Cancer Society$5,000
Received $100 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jean Eyking (trustee); Patrick Eyking (trustee); Bethany Eyking (trustee); Aurora Young (trustee); Vanessa Perez (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The John and Jeanne Eyking Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 832745335RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.