Nova Scotia · Registered charity
ISLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ISLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 1 organization whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$787 to it, the largest being CANADAHELPS CANADON (C$787). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
ISLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY has grown faster than half of the 1,442 community resource nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,442 community resource nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Rural Communities Foundation of Nova Scotialocalportfolio match
- The Bethany Bargain Bin Societylocal
- Dogwood Heritage Society of B.C.portfolio match
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 30% · 2018 51% · 2019 55% · 2020 54% · 2021 27% · 2022 65% · 2023 51% · 2024 65%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
14% of ISLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (60% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the CRA filings of ISLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
ISLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Nova Scotia, across 1 region in all.
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- Rural Communities Foundation of Nova Scotialocalportfolio matchNS · funds 2 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Bethany Bargain Bin SocietylocalNS · funds 3 organizations near you
- Dogwood Heritage Society of B.C.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Digby Neck Second United Baptist ChurchlocalNS · funds 3 organizations near you
- Halifax Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Marguerite Hubbard Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- National Trust for Canada / Fiducie Nationale Du Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotiaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Dr. & Mrs. H. E. Christie Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Parksville - Qualicum Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Campbell River Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Ontario Genealogical Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government revenue ISLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 65% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like ISLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every charity on the CRA register — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Nova Scotia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds ISLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- ISLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 1 organization whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$787 to it, the largest being CANADAHELPS CANADON (C$787). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ISLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 1 organization giving C$787 in grants to ISLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
- Who is the largest funder of ISLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- CANADAHELPS CANADON is the largest funder on record, with C$787 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ISLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nova Scotia.
These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported September 23, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register