The Stevens Family Foundation
Private foundation · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 821772811RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($132,000) as filed with the CRA.
The Stevens Family 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 $70K in revenue and $132K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking 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 11 qualified donees totalling $125K in 2024, the largest being $25K to Habitat for Humanity Nova Scotia. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
To raise money to provide funds to other regisered charities as per mandate.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $70K | $132K | — | — | $132K | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $80K | $105K | — | — | $105K | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $113K | $90K | — | — | $89K | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $111K | $114K | — | — | $113K | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $78K | $58K | — | — | $58K | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $125K to 11 qualified donees:
- Habitat for Humanity Nova Scotia$25K
- Ronald McDonald House Charities Atlantic Association$25K
- Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada - Nova Scotia Branch$10K
- Feed Nova Scotia Society$10K
- Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia$10K
- Landmark East Foundation$10K
- Brigadoon Children's Camp Society$10K
- The Halifax Ark Outreach Association$7,500
- Catapult Leadership Society$7,500
- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada/societe de Leucemie & Lymphome du Canada$5,000
- Cobequid Community Health Centre Foundation$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Janette Fiander (trustee); Wendy Himmelman (trustee); Marilyn Stevens (trustee); Scott Stevens (trustee); Thane Stevens (trustee); Tracey Tulloch (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Stevens Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 821772811RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.