The Sidney Crosby Foundation
Private foundation · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 847757655RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,260) as filed with the CRA.
The Sidney Crosby Foundation is a private foundation based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $148K in revenue and $8,260 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 45% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $96.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $5,000 in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to Canadian Spinal Research Organization. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $33K in 2020 to $148K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The goal of the foundation is to contribute primarily to qualified donees for the benefit of children.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $148K | $8,260 | — | — | $5,000 | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $185K | $111K | — | — | $105K | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $138K | $20K | — | — | $20K | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $112K | $5,702 | — | — | $5,702 | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $33K | $128K | — | — | $125K | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5,000 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $96 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sidney Crosby (trustee); Troy Crosby (trustee); Trina Crosby (trustee); James Creaser (trustee); James Cruickshank (trustee); Jack Elliott (trustee); Paul Mason (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Sidney Crosby Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 847757655RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.