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Grant Application Best Practices

December 10, 2025 - Our grants are open for applications until noon on January 21, 2026. 

Here are a few tips to help you prepare for our grants and any other grants you are considering.

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SENIOR LIVING: Planting Seeds of Connection: How Northwood’s Roots to Resilience Program Is Helping Seniors and Caregivers Thrive

November 25, 2025 — At Northwood Bedford, there’s something beautiful about watching people gather around a table. Hands in soil, paint on brushes, laughter in the air.

For Janice Smith, Mental Health Lead for the SEEDs of Success Program and Coordinator of Community Programs, these small, ordinary moments are where transformation begins.

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RBC Holiday Black Tie Gala: Northern Lights & Ocean Nights Raises $390,000 for Mental Health Programs Across Nova Scotia 

November 23, 2025 - The Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia welcomed more than 570 guests to the RBC Holiday Black Tie Gala: Northern Lights & Ocean Nights on Saturday, raising $390,000 and counting to support mental health and addictions programs throughout the province. It was a pleasure to share the evening with Their Honours, the Honourable Mike Savage, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, and Mrs. Darlene Savage.

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Our recent Senior Living column in the Chronicle Herald focuses on a sense of contribution. The satisfaction of consistency. The belief that even invisible issues deserve visible champions. Read more.

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Charitable Tax Receipts

We provide a tax receipt for gifts over $10.  Due to limited staff resources, tax receipts will be mailed (or emailed) up to two weeks after gift received. If you have any questions concerning our receipting policy, please contact us.

funding community-based initiatives

Each year our partner organizations deliver more than 100 programs and initiatives for Nova Scotians living with mental disorders, and their loved ones in communities from Shelburne to Membertou.

Funding opportunities

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