Amherst & District Residential Services Society
Publicly funded institution · Amherst, Nova Scotia · BN 854331394RR0001 · Relief of the Aged
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,267,382) as filed with the CRA.
Amherst & District Residential Services Society is a charitable organization based in Amherst, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under relief of the aged. 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 $2.4M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2020, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $27.
Compared with 29 seniors' institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.6M in 2020 to $2.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The operation of two independent group homes designed to care for and integrate special need adults into the community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.3M | $1.9M | — | — | $1M |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.6M | — | — | $822K |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.5M | — | — | $759K |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.5M | — | — | $769K |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.4M | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2020
Received $27 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Craig Barnhill (treasurer); Jim Flemming (chair); Travis Durdle (secretary); Darren Smith (director); Shannon McLellan (ex officio); Jessica Labouthillier (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Amherst & District Residential Services Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 854331394RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.