The Tema Foundation
Charitable organization · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 768719932RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($705,792) as filed with the CRA.
The Tema Foundation is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $878K in revenue and $706K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $81K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 78% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $371K in 2020 to $878K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The tema foundation has used the generous gifts from donors and partners to support our educational development outreach programs. These include curriculum content creation video creation written materials and audio materials - delivered electronically online and accessible at all times by those who need it most.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $878K | $706K | $503K | $122K | — | $730K |
| 2023 | $482K | $496K | $383K | $42K | — | $558K |
| 2022 | $728K | $431K | $276K | $72K | — | $546K |
| 2021 | $220K | $232K | $180K | — | — | $249K |
| 2020 | $371K | $249K | $205K | — | — | $261K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $81K from 12 charities:
- Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia$25K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$10K
- Colin and Belle MacDonald Charitable Foundation$10K
- River Philip Foundation$10K
- The Medavie Foundation Inc.$5,250
- RBC Foundation$5,000
- The New Orchard Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,907
- BenefAction Foundation$2,500
- Oxford Community Foundation$1,900
- The Spatz Foundation$1,010
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$180
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$18K
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karen Conter (chair); Howard Thaw (vice chair); Victor Goldberg (recognized agent); Adam Conter (director); Colin Macdonald (director); Donald Flynn (treasurer); Lisa Couperthwaite (director); Howard Conter (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Tema Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 768719932RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.