The Windsor Foundation
Private foundation · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 138984059RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,732,626) as filed with the CRA.
The Windsor 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 $14.4M in revenue and $5.7M in expenditures.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $10K.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 103 qualified donees totalling $4.8M in 2024, the largest being $300K to Dalhousie University. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $6.3M in 2020 to $14.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The windsor foundation has two key areas of interest in the maritime provinces: support for programs projects and initiatives in the general community which provide services to or benefits for the disadvantaged or vulnerable and for those physically and intellectually challenged. Support for creative higher education programs in universities and community colleges. Grans are made for programs projects and initiatives undertaken in nova scotia new brunswick or prince edward island.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14.4M | $5.7M | — | — | $4.8M | $91.4M |
| 2023 | $6.8M | $4.7M | — | — | $3.8M | $82.7M |
| 2022 | -$8.5M | $3.6M | — | — | $2.8M | $80.6M |
| 2021 | $19.4M | $3.3M | — | — | $2.5M | $92.6M |
| 2020 | $6.3M | $3.4M | — | — | $2.8M | $76.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $4.8M to 103 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Dalhousie University$300K
- I W K Health Centre Charitable Foundation$250K
- Adsum Association for Women & Children$250K
- Confederation Centre of the Arts Foundation Inc.$150K
- Ward 5 Neighborhood Centre$120K
- The New Brunswick Community College Foundation$100K
- South Shore Community Service Association$100K
- Souls Harbour Rescue Mission$100K
- Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre Foundation Inc.$100K
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital Foundation Inc.$100K
- Inclusion Nova Scotia Society$100K
- Holland College Foundation Inc.$100K
- Harvest House Atlantic Inc.$100K
- Harborview Training Centre Inc$100K
- Bee Me Kidz Inc.$100K
- 12Neighbours Community Inc.$100K
- Pine Grove Foundation Inc.$90K
- The Portage Foundation$75K
- The Boys and Girls Club of Saint John Inc.$72K
- The North Grove Society$70K
- Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada - Nova Scotia Branch$57K
- Diabetes Canada Diabète Canada$55K
- Young Women's Christian Association of Halifax$50K
- University of Prince Edward Island$50K
- Tremploy Inc$50K
Received $10K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul Dyer (president); Diane Ganong (director); Lawrence Hayes (vice president); Susan Killam (director); Salley McCullagh (director); Nancy Roach (secretary); Wayne Carew (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Windsor Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 138984059RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.