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The Robert Steele Foundation

The Robert Steele Foundation is a Canadian private foundation based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. It reported gifts to qualified donees in 4 of the last five reporting years, averaging about $955,000 a year, mostly to education organizations in Nova Scotia.

Giving: $100K to $1M a year

Facts

• Reported gifts to qualified donees in 4 of the last five reporting years, averaging about $955,000 a year. The most recent was 2023, at about $920,000.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Reported 28 gifts in total. The typical gift (median) was about $50,000 and the largest was about $500,000.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Gave to 11 different organizations. The largest recipients by dollars included DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY, SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY - SCHOOL OF BUSINESS and Unison Benevolent Fund.CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• By dollars, gifts went mostly to education (79%), human services (9%) and philanthropic (6%) 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 (91%) and Ontario (9%).CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31
• Describes its charitable programs in its CRA return as: “SUPPORT OF THE ARTS BY WAY OF DONATING TO THE DALHOUSIE MUSICAL ARTS, AND THE SUPPORT OF THE EDUCATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVAION WITH A DONATION TO SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARDS, MTEI SCHOLARSHIPS, AND A PROFESSORSHIP IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND OTHER CHARITABLE INITIATIVES.”CRA T3010 charity information returns · 2025-01-31

Sources

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

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