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Colin and Belle MacDonald Charitable Foundation

Colin and Belle MacDonald Charitable Foundation is a Canadian private foundation based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It reported gifts to qualified donees in 4 of the last five reporting years, averaging about $952,000 a year, mostly to education, health and philanthropic organizations in Nova Scotia.

Giving: $100K to $1M a year

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Facts

• Reported gifts to qualified donees in 4 of the last five reporting years, averaging about $952,000 a year. The most recent was 2022, at about $1.1 million.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Reported 57 gifts in total. The typical gift (median) was about $25,000 and the largest was about $550,000.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Gave to 33 different organizations. The largest recipients by dollars included DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY, QEII HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE AUXILIARY and I W K HEALTH CENTRE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• By dollars, gifts went mostly to education (39%), health (25%) and philanthropic (18%) organizations, based on each recipient's registered charity category.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• By dollars, gifts went to recipients in Nova Scotia (96%).CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Describes its charitable programs in its CRA return as: “THE FOUNDATIONS'ACTIVITIES ARE LIMITED TO COLLECTING CHARITABLE DONATIONS, INVESTING THE FUNDS TO EARN INCOME, AND USING THE FOUNDATIONS INCOME AND CAPITAL TO MAKE DONATIONS TO OTHER QUALIFIED DONEES”CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Website: http://www.micco.ca/contact-us.html. Last checked 2026-10-25.Funder website · 2026-10-25

Sources

CRA T3010 charity information returns. Last updated 2025-01-31.

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