The Lorraine MacDonald Family Foundation
Private foundation · Tantallon, Nova Scotia · BN 709247498RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($54,390) as filed with the CRA.
The Lorraine MacDonald Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Tantallon, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $66K in revenue and $54K in expenditures.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 97% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $40K in 2024, the largest being $20K to Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Donations were made to qualified charities who fed the poor sheltered people and to charity support and information organizations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $66K | $54K | $40K | — | $40K | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $61K | $67K | — | — | $46K | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $59K | $52K | — | — | $37K | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $187K | $44K | $14K | — | $30K | $1.1M |
| 2020 | — | $44K | $13K | — | $31K | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$62,990
- Receipted donations$2,793
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $40K to 5 qualified donees:
- Society of Saint Vincent de Paul$20K
- Inner-City Churches of Sydney (society)$7,000
- Tearmann Society for Abused Women$6,000
- Transition House Foundation$6,000
- Philanthropic Foundations Canada/fondations Philanthropiques Canada$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John MacDonald (board chair); Mary MacDonald (trustee); Carmel Scott (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Lorraine MacDonald Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 709247498RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.