Acadia Recreation Club Society
Private foundation · Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia · BN 804650083RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($136,396) as filed with the CRA.
Acadia Recreation Club Society is a private foundation based in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $212K in revenue and $136K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 48% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,600.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 83% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $2,055 in 2024, the largest being $2,000 to Childrens Wish Foundation.
In its own words
We maintain a hall and a community park. Hall rentals form the main source of revenue. We have other regular non profits that rent for meetings the municipality for 'town hall meetings' general public for birthday parties celebration of life services the dept of health puts on 3 accessible programs for seniors a church meets here on sunday mornings and we have 2 different yoga groups. The park has an accessible playground and swings used by the general public. We have walking trails gardens and open play space. We annually host snow days activities in feb. Canada day activities and the…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $212K | $136K | $73K | $42K | $2,055 | $2.8M |
| 2023 | $151K | $98K | $11K | $4,441 | $4,770 | $2.7M |
| 2022 | $112K | $119K | — | — | — | $2.6M |
| 2021 | $107K | $138K | $133K | $5,025 | $550 | $2.7M |
| 2020 | $155K | $137K | $3,052 | — | $3,052 | $2.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2,055 to 2 qualified donees:
- Childrens Wish Foundation$2,000
- Royal Canadian Legion Calais BR 153$55
Received $1,600 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$21K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Acadia Recreation Club Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 804650083RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.