Bayers/westwood Family Support Services Association
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 128868809RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($525,209) as filed with the CRA.
Bayers/westwood Family Support Services Association is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under supportive 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 $705K in revenue and $525K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from government, 8% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $35K.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 86% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $456K in 2020 to $705K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Bayers westwood family support services association offers various family oriented programs to help build a stronger and healthier community in the west end of halifax ns. Programs run by the associations include the parent n' tot parenting program for low-income and single parent families nutritional support classes prenatal programs anf infant home visits the parenting journey program that includes free in-home service to parents with infants up to three years of age. The association serves approximately 300 adults and over 250 children.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $705K | $525K | $511K | — | — | $436K |
| 2023 | $610K | $472K | $456K | — | — | $256K |
| 2022 | $541K | $464K | $434K | — | — | $139K |
| 2021 | $437K | $400K | $388K | — | — | $63K |
| 2020 | $456K | $417K | $405K | — | — | $26K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $35K from 6 charities:
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
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$372K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mark Scott (chairman); Penny West (vice-chairman); Stacey O'Neill (secretary); Michael Casey (treasurer); Patricia Arab (director); Tanya Rainault (board member); Ann Giffin.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bayers/westwood Family Support Services Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 128868809RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.