Affirmative Ventures Association
Publicly funded institution · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 131894511RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($682,014) as filed with the CRA.
Affirmative Ventures Association is a charitable organization based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $717K in revenue and $682K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 39% from government, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $632.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Ongoing programs are structured to address the needs associated with the diabled through workshops that provide vocational training and a sense of competence and self-esteem. The building for independence project provides affordable apartment housing for mental health consumers who are to be well positioned to establish their own home in the community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $717K | $682K | $569K | — | — | $459K |
| 2023 | $623K | $631K | $506K | — | — | $467K |
| 2022 | $561K | $562K | $472K | — | — | $465K |
| 2021 | $623K | $476K | $390K | — | — | $466K |
| 2020 | $639K | $651K | $567K | — | — | $320K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $632 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$321K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ken Greer (chair); Norman Greenberg (secretary); Leondard Mackay (vice-chair); Jared Dapena (treasurer); Bruce Muir (director); Heather Flynn (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Affirmative Ventures Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131894511RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.