The Nick Williams Foundation
Private foundation · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 777987876RR0001 · Foundations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($25,000) as filed with the CRA.
The Nick Williams Foundation is a private foundation based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $21K in revenue and $25K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $912.
Compared with 2,855 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $25K in 2024, the largest being $15K to Viola's Place Society. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $57K in 2020 to $21K in 2024.
In its own words
We continue to support charities in and around North Eastern Nova Scotia that help the poor in our society. This year again we elected to make a major gift to Viola's Place Society. We continue to be entirely volunteer-run and are proud that our administrative expenses for 2023 were zero!
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $21K | $25K | — | — | $25K | $270K |
| 2023 | $34K | $13K | — | — | $13K | $245K |
| 2022 | $13K | $14K | $0 | — | $14K | $250K |
| 2021 | $208K | $11K | $0 | $0 | $11K | $281K |
| 2020 | $57K | $2,000 | — | — | $2,000 | $53K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $25K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $912 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Nick Williams Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 777987876RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.