Beacon House Interfaith Society
Publicly funded institution · Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia · BN 118801448RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-02-28. Split of total expenditures ($1,785,595) as filed with the CRA.
Beacon House Interfaith Society is a charitable organization based in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 February 28, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 71% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $149K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 68% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $509K in 2020 to $1.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 19 names.
In its own words
Beacon house operates a thrift store selling donated goods to raise funds in support of the food bank which supplies free food clothing and household supplies to families in need in sackville bedford fall river waverly and wellington ns. It also operates a shelter providing shelter and meals.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.7M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $849K | $770K | $743K | — | — | $988K |
| 2022 | $437K | $447K | $447K | — | — | $794K |
| 2021 | $535K | $408K | $408K | — | — | $808K |
| 2020 | $509K | $454K | $454K | — | — | $684K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $149K from 16 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$52K
- Canadahelps Canadon$52K
- Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia$22K
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$7,212
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$4,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,374
- Parish of Saint Francis by the Lakes$2,289
- Vincent de Paul-Conseil national du Canada Society of Saint-Vincent de Paul-National council of Canada$2,000
- Faith Baptist Church$1,260
- Rock Church Christian Association$1,200
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$792
- Sackville Christian Fellowship Society$500
- The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society$500
- Nova Scotia Police Chaplains Memorial Golf Challenge$500
- Uniacke Baptist Church$258
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$150
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9998 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)
Claudia Williams (director); Linda Chapman (director); Karen Creelman (director); Stephen Davidson (secretary); Jim Gunn (director); Wendall Brown (director); Rod Rowlands (ceo); Lorraine Deluca (director); Susan Moriarty (vice chair); Florence Carmen (director); Maria Lamando (director); Donald Mackinnon (director); Brenda Zwicker (director); Cacelia Maclellan (director); Peter Wilde (director); Ellen Henwood (director); Cheryl Newcombe (chairperson); Carolyn Derrah-Murphy (director); Maureen Ryan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Beacon House Interfaith Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118801448RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.