The Tetelestai Foundation
Private foundation · North River, Nova Scotia · BN 710215104RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($270,606) as filed with the CRA.
The Tetelestai Foundation is a private foundation based in North River, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $214K in revenue and $271K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 46% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 63% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 14 qualified donees totalling $253K in 2024, the largest being $95K to Groundswell Church. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The foundation distributed $253 010.00 to qualified donees as gifts in 2024.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $214K | $271K | — | — | $253K | $4.1M |
| 2023 | $4.4M | $205K | — | — | $192K | $4.2M |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$115,275
- Receipted donations$98,500
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $253K to 14 qualified donees:
- Groundswell Church$95K
- TREY Trauma Recovery for Exploited Youth Society$70K
- Canadian Foodgrains Bank Association Inc/association de la Banque Canadienne de Grains Inc.$15K
- Camp Pagweak Association$15K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$10K
- International Justice Mission Canada / Mission Internationale de Justice-Canada$10K
- Alpha Ministries Canada$10K
- Christian Media Association$5,000
- Canadian Bible Society/la Societe Biblique Canadienne$5,000
- Summer Street Industries Foundation$5,000
- Archway Counselling Association$5,000
- The Colchester East Hants Health Centre Foundation$3,500
- Compassion Canada$2,892
- Watoto Canada$1,968
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gregory Jones (director); Carol Jones (director); Kelsey Withrow (director); Kristi Garrido (director); Courtney Jones (director); Abby Jones (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Tetelestai Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 710215104RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.