Trust Under Will of F B McCurdy Est Dalhousie University & ST Davids
Private foundation · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 119272433RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($599,919) as filed with the CRA.
Trust Under Will of F B McCurdy Est Dalhousie University & ST Davids is a private foundation based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $542K in revenue and $600K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $407K in 2024, the largest being $366K to Dalhousie University. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
To pay the net income from the estate to the registered charities per clause 4 of the will f.b. Mccurdy. The charities being dalhousie university and the presbyterian church of st. David.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $542K | $600K | — | — | $407K | $11.3M |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $559K | — | — | $368K | $11.4M |
| 2022 | $2.7M | $514K | — | — | $316K | $10.3M |
| 2021 | $653K | $519K | — | — | $336K | $8.1M |
| 2020 | $447K | $494K | — | — | $309K | $8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $407K to 2 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Canada Trust (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Trust Under Will of F B McCurdy Est Dalhousie University & ST Davids’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119272433RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.