Atlantic Coastal Action Program - Cape Breton
Publicly funded institution · Sydney, Nova Scotia · BN 140801580RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($997,726) as filed with the CRA.
Atlantic Coastal Action Program - Cape Breton is a charitable organization based in Sydney, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $997K in revenue and $998K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $65K.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $302K in 2020 to $997K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
1) public education on wastewater water conservation and source water protection 2) cleanup of public spaces by litter collection and public outreach 3) conserving wildlife and habitat through stream/wetland restoration 4) green jobs internship programs 5) forest restoration through assessment planning planting and monitoring growth and health of trees
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $997K | $998K | $877K | — | — | $320K |
| 2023 | $763K | $792K | — | — | — | $322K |
| 2022 | $533K | $487K | $122K | — | — | $352K |
| 2021 | $395K | $342K | $85K | — | — | $305K |
| 2020 | $302K | $341K | $85K | — | — | $253K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $65K from 5 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$58K
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,246
- Ducks Unlimited Canada - Canards Illimites Canada$2,018
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$235
- United Way of Greater Moncton and Southeastern New Brunswick Region Inc.\centraide de la Region du Grand Moncton et du Sud Est du Nouveau-New Brunswick Inc.$117
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$790K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Leah Noble (board president); Jim Merkley (treasurer); Mary Best (director); Stan Johnson (director); Claire Maxwell (secretary); Tristen Simon (director); Claude Goora (director); Rinujan Kananeson (director); Alicia Head (director); Alana Pindar (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Atlantic Coastal Action Program - Cape Breton’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140801580RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.