The Robert Steele Foundation
Private foundation · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 740406897RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($440,000) as filed with the CRA.
The Robert Steele Foundation is a private foundation based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $101K in revenue and $440K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $2.7M in 2024, the largest being $2.5M to Dalhousie University. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $2.7M in 2020 to $101K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Support of the arts by way of donating to the dalhousie musical arts and the support of the education of entrepreneurship and innovation with a donation to saint mary's university for entrepreneurship awards mtei scholarships and a professorship in entrepreneurship and other charitable initiatives.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $101K | $440K | — | — | $440K | $691K |
| 2023 | $95K | $920K | — | — | $920K | $1M |
| 2022 | -$192K | $1.1M | — | — | $1.1M | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $672K | $1.2M | — | — | $1.2M | $3.2M |
| 2020 | $2.7M | $550K | — | — | $550K | $3.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.7M to 6 qualified donees:
- Dalhousie University$2.5M
- South Shore Health Foundation$50K
- Unison Benevolent Fund$50K
- Ronald McDonald House Charities Atlantic Association$50K
- YMCA of Halifax$30K
- Comunn Baile Nan Gaidheal (the Nova Scotia Highland Village Society)$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Scott Weatherby (trustee); Robert Steele (trustee); Kyle Niekamp (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Robert Steele Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 740406897RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.