The New Glasgow Dragon Boat Society
Public foundation · New Glasgow, Nova Scotia · BN 860156314RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($135,207) as filed with the CRA.
The New Glasgow Dragon Boat Society is a public foundation based in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $146K in revenue and $135K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $40K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $87K in 2024, the largest being $29K to 'women Alike' (breast Cancer Survivors) Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $11K in 2020 to $146K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Hold an annual boat racing festival to raise funds for charitable purposes while promoting mental and physical fitness through the encouragement and participation in paddling activities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $146K | $135K | — | $45K | $87K | $98K |
| 2023 | $136K | $122K | — | $32K | $88K | $88K |
| 2022 | $105K | $101K | — | $34K | $65K | $74K |
| 2021 | $9,181 | $13K | — | $3,462 | $8,955 | $70K |
| 2020 | $11K | $16K | — | $6,383 | $8,500 | $73K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Public foundation — endowment and payout, October 31, 2024
- Other gifts$97,361
- Receipted donations$44,744
- Investment income$2,264
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 $87K to 3 qualified donees:
Received $40K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dion Antle (past-president); Jillian Macneil (president); Jannah Carree (treasurer); Sherry Cheek (secretary); Terry Richardson (2nd vice-president); Nikki Parnell (director); Emma Eagles (director); Meghan Brophy (vice-president); Anne Baxter (director); Chris Higdon (director); Robert Rogers (director); Tom Mooney (director); Cindy Skinner (director); Roger Swarbrick (advisor).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The New Glasgow Dragon Boat Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 860156314RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.