Twin Oaks/birches Health CARE Charitable Foundation
Public foundation · Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia · BN 866322647RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($64,209) as filed with the CRA.
Twin Oaks/birches Health CARE Charitable Foundation is a public foundation based in Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $142K in revenue and $64K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 26% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $13K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 98% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 83% of that peer group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $31K in 2024, the largest being $19K to Twin Oaks Senior Citizens Association. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $74K in 2020 to $142K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Twin oaks birches charitable foundation (the 'foundation') is incorporated under the societies act of nova scotia. The purpose of the foundation is to raise funds and provide support to the twin oaks memorial hospital the twin oaks senior citizens association and other community based worthy causes in musquodoboit harbour nova scotia.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $142K | $64K | $37K | $1,200 | $31K | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $342K | $106K | $57K | — | $51K | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $41K | $199K | $61K | — | $55K | $839K |
| 2021 | $217K | $60K | $3,000 | — | $27K | $997K |
| 2020 | $74K | $54K | $2,000 | — | $43K | $840K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $31K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $13K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Linda Verlinden (chair); Nicole Rafuse (treasurer); Lee-Ann Conrod (member); Rick Anderson (member); Linda Gaetz (member); Ellen Crumbley (member); Marny Warner (member); Ross Finlay (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Twin Oaks/birches Health CARE Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866322647RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.