The Robert Pope Foundation
Charitable organization · Hantsport, Nova Scotia · BN 139543433RR0001 · Supportive Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($125,891) as filed with the CRA.
The Robert Pope Foundation is a charitable organization based in Hantsport, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $269K in revenue and $126K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
It reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $42K in 2023, the largest being $9,000 to Roots of Empathy. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $168K in 2020 to $269K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The robert pope foundation was incorporated april 14 1992 under the societies act of nova scotia. The robert pope foundation seeks to promote wholeness and well-being through the avenues of art education and community health initiatives. Our support for education takes the form of scholarships awards and residencies. We support an on-going artist-residency at nscad university and contributed to other organizations' residency programs. Our health and community-building activities include guided walks support for a summer camp for children with chronic conditions makers' spaces and sen…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $269K | $126K | $14K | — | — | $3.9M |
| 2023 | $218K | $236K | $35K | — | $42K | $3.8M |
| 2022 | $351K | $109K | — | — | $39K | $3.8M |
| 2021 | $285K | $96K | $74K | — | $18K | $3.5M |
| 2020 | $168K | $46K | $41K | — | — | $3.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $42K to 8 qualified donees:
- Roots of Empathy$9,000
- Helen Creighton Folklore Society$8,100
- Canoe Kayak Canada$6,500
- Kingsburg Coastal Conservancy Association$5,000
- Wonder'neath Art Society$5,000
- West Brooklyn Community Association$4,000
- The Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia$2,500
- Caravan Farm Theatre Society$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$29K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alex Livingston (director); Douglas Pope (president); Kathleen Rosborough (treasurer/secretary); Juanita Peters (director); Deborah Carver (director); Heather Macleod (director); Margaret Swain (director); Jayme Melrose (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Robert Pope Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 139543433RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.