The Ulnooweg Indigenous Communities Foundation
Public foundation · Millbrook, Nova Scotia · BN 735637126RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,181,492) as filed with the CRA.
The Ulnooweg Indigenous Communities Foundation is a public foundation based in Millbrook, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $5.3M in revenue and $5.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4.6M.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (7 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 33 qualified donees totalling $3.2M in 2024, the largest being $1.6M to Ulnooweg Education Centre. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $5.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Soliciting donations to enable the foundation to provide grants to qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.3M | $5.2M | — | — | $3.2M | $224K |
| 2023 | $3.8M | $5.4M | — | — | $1.9M | $132K |
| 2022 | $2.9M | $2.8M | — | — | $1.4M | $100K |
| 2021 | $2.6M | $2.6M | — | — | $1.6M | $78K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1M | — | — | — | $48K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.2M to 33 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Ulnooweg Education Centre$1.6M
- Bear River First Nation$159K
- Labrador Friendship Center$140K
- Memorial University of Newfoundland$130K
- NL Arts Council$125K
- Mi'Kmaw Cultural Foundation$123K
- First Light ST. John's$122K
- Maliseet Nation at Tobique$80K
- Atlantic Ballet Atlantique Canada$76K
- Sudents on Ice Foundation$75K
- ST. Francis Xavier University$75K
- Miawpukek First Nation$75K
- Imperial Theatre Inc.$65K
- Documentary Organization of Canada/documentaristes du Canada$50K
- Dalhouse University Halifax$38K
- Millbrook First Nation$32K
- The New Brunswick Community College Foundation$30K
- Sipekne'katik First Nation$25K
- Community of l'Anse au Loup$25K
- Zuppa Circus Theater Company$24K
- Chignecto Central Regional Centre for Education$23K
- College of the North Atlantic$20K
- Elsipoqtoq First Nation$13K
- Labrador Heritage Society$11K
- Labrador Creative Arts Festival$11K
Received $4.6M from 13 charities:
- Mastercard Foundation$3.1M
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$1.3M
- Definity Insurance Foundation$75K
- Definity Insurance Foundation$75K
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- Aqueduct Foundation$5,000
- The Community Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador$1,750
- Community Foundations of Canada$1,000
- Notable Acts Inc.$500
- 14 Wing Combined Charities$500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$362
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$15
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$673K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gabriel Atwin (director); Kenneth Barlow (director); Darlene Bernard (director); Andrew Denny (director); Robert Gloade (director); Mi'Sel Joe (director); Terrance Paul (director); Odelle Pike (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Ulnooweg Indigenous Communities Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 735637126RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.