Bay ST. Lawrence Community Centre
Publicly funded institution · St.margaret Village, Nova Scotia · BN 895705416RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($132,025) as filed with the CRA.
Bay ST. Lawrence Community Centre is a charitable organization based in St.margaret Village, 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 December 31, 2023, it reported $122K in revenue and $132K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from government, 6% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $34K.
Compared with 680 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 61% of peers.
In its own words
The organization is host to a *youth room/teens room with recreation *an outdoor movie theater and technology training screen *a basketball court *a pre-school room for play and learning for the little ones parents and school programming *various wellness programming *seniors meeting place summer programs and summer student employment *after-school programming. The facility continues to offer a variety of programs identified by all ages as needs within our community and surrounding area.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $122K | $132K | $117K | $1,259 | — | — |
| 2022 | $169K | $207K | — | $4,346 | — | $194K |
| 2021 | $79K | $74K | $73K | — | — | $204K |
| 2020 | $166K | $113K | $104K | $762 | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $34K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$43K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bay ST. Lawrence Community Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 895705416RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.