Bereaved Families of Cape Breton Society
Charitable organization · Sydney, Nova Scotia · BN 898264635RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($105,155) as filed with the CRA.
Bereaved Families of Cape Breton Society is a charitable organization based in Sydney, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $68K in revenue and $105K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 35% from donations, 12% from government, 51% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $37K.
Compared with 2,855 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $31K in 2020 to $68K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Resource center and primary support to bereaved families of cape breton
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $68K | $105K | $33K | — | — | $16K |
| 2023 | $258K | $202K | $70K | — | — | $11K |
| 2022 | $65K | $92K | $19K | — | — | $53K |
| 2021 | $45K | $33K | $23K | — | — | $46K |
| 2020 | $31K | $30K | $25K | — | — | $29K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $37K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$48K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Liz Healy (president); George Burrows (vice president); Larry Farrell (treasurer); Allison Uhma (director); Veronica Merryfield (director); Tom Sylliboy (director); Paula Boutillier (director); Malcolm Campbell (director); Jacquelyn Brake (director); Lindsay Latham (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bereaved Families of Cape Breton Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 898264635RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.