Avenue B Harm Reduction Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Saint John, New Brunswick · BN 135335834RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($652,936) as filed with the CRA.
Avenue B Harm Reduction Inc. is a charitable organization based in Saint John, New Brunswick, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 $702K in revenue and $653K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 91% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $315K in 2020 to $702K in 2024.
In its own words
Education on HIV/AIDS HepC STBBIs and harm reduction in partnership with educational institutions community groups and other social service agencies in the community. - Support services for people living with or at risk of HIV/AIDS HepC and/or STBBIs. - Needle distribution services (NDS) to reduce incidence of HIV/AIDS HepC and STBBIs. - Sex Trade Action Committee (STAC). - Participation in street outreach in Waterloo Village. - In partnership with other community agencies install and maintain needle disposal boxes on streets.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $702K | $653K | $578K | — | — | $241K |
| 2023 | $445K | $413K | $364K | — | — | $168K |
| 2022 | $305K | $303K | $259K | $1,290 | — | $137K |
| 2021 | $322K | $273K | $231K | $1,612 | — | $135K |
| 2020 | $315K | $319K | $276K | — | — | $86K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$474K
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 Avenue B Harm Reduction Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 135335834RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.