Nova Scotia · Registered charity
THE MISSION TO SEAFARERS HALIFAX
THE MISSION TO SEAFARERS HALIFAX (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 40 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$293,422 to it, the largest being CANADAHELPS CANADON (C$159,919). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE MISSION TO SEAFARERS HALIFAX runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,997 christianity nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,997 christianity nonprofits $100k–$1M, 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.
- Fairview Pastoral Chargelocalportfolio match
- The Bert and Shari Frizzell Family Foundationlocalportfolio match
- First Baptist Churchlocalportfolio 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 1% · 2018 2% · 2019 1% · 2020 3% · 2021 13% · 2022 0% · 2023 2% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
49% of THE MISSION TO SEAFARERS HALIFAX’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose C$15k → C$27k.
From the CRA filings of THE MISSION TO SEAFARERS HALIFAX’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 40 funders by total. 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.
How concentrated its funding is
THE MISSION TO SEAFARERS HALIFAX leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE MISSION TO SEAFARERS HALIFAX.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 34% · 2019 29% · 2020 38% · 2021 80% · 2022 42% · 2023 51% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
54% of THE MISSION TO SEAFARERS HALIFAX's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
THE MISSION TO SEAFARERS HALIFAX draws 72% of its grant income from funders outside Nova Scotia, across 4 regions in all.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
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. Your 40 funders put you typical among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Fairview Pastoral Chargelocalportfolio matchNS · funds 5 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Bert and Shari Frizzell Family Foundationlocalportfolio matchNS · funds 4 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- First Baptist Churchlocalportfolio matchNS · funds 5 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- O.E. Smith TrustlocalNS · funds 6 organizations near you
- Anglican Parish of Eastern Passageportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Black Family Foundationshared funderslocalNS · backs 32 organizations that share your funders · funds 10 organizations near you
- Bayers Road United Baptist Churchportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Halifax Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Halifaxportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- West New Annan Community Churchportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Spatz FoundationlocalNS · funds 9 organizations near you
- Fred and Edith Greene FoundationlocalNS · funds 5 organizations near you
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 THE MISSION TO SEAFARERS HALIFAX reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 2% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like THE MISSION TO SEAFARERS HALIFAX
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
49% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE MISSION TO SEAFARERS HALIFAX?
- THE MISSION TO SEAFARERS HALIFAX (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 40 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$293,422 to it, the largest being CANADAHELPS CANADON (C$159,919). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE MISSION TO SEAFARERS HALIFAX have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 40 organizations giving C$293,422 in grants to THE MISSION TO SEAFARERS HALIFAX, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MISSION TO SEAFARERS HALIFAX?
- CANADAHELPS CANADON is the largest funder on record, with C$159,919 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MISSION TO SEAFARERS HALIFAX find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nova Scotia.
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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 40 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