Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Halifax
Charitable organization · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 888650264RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,681,855) as filed with the CRA.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Halifax is a charitable organization based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $2.2M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 46% from government. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $306K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 20 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Halifax provides a safe supportive place where children and youth can experience new opportunities overcome barriers and build positive relationships. The club provides recreational educational cultural and social programs to children and youth between 5 - 21 years old. Programs offered: Breakfast program Afterschool program In-service day camps March break camp summer day camp youth outreach program sexual violence prevention youth outreach Raise the Grade tutoring program physical activities (running club basketball etc.) cooking programs fo…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $2.7M | $2.3M | $10K | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $2.6M | $2.5M | $2.1M | $5,920 | — | $1M |
| 2022 | $2.4M | $2.4M | $2.1M | $468 | — | $965K |
| 2021 | $2.6M | $2.1M | $1.8M | $15K | — | $1M |
| 2020 | $2.8M | $2.8M | $2.5M | $47K | — | $527K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $306K from 18 charities:
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada/Les repaires jeunesse du Canada$165K
- Jays CARE Foundation$40K
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$25K
- Halifax Youth Foundation$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,772
- The Christina and Hedley G. Ivany Charitable Foundation$7,500
- Aqueduct Foundation$7,000
- The Rotary Club of Dartmouth Charitable Foundation$6,000
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada Foundation Fondation les Repaires Jeunesse du Canada$5,405
- Black Family Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,955
- Mazon Canada$4,700
- Sisters of Charity Mount Saint Vincent$2,000
- Kiwanis Club of Dartmouth Charitable Foundation$1,768
- Masonic Foundation of Nova Scotia$1,000
- United Way of Greater Toronto$593
- The Associated Alumni of the University of New Brunswick$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions20
- Total compensation, all staff$2.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Amy Bragg (past chair); Josh Doig (chair); Shelley Alward MacLeod (director); Ryan Moors (secretary); Joe Doucette (director); Laura Gillham (vice chair); Tracy Durkee-Jones (ceo ex-officio); Alexandra Fenton (director); Carolyn Nichol (director); Braden Hickey (treasurer); Natalie Joseph (director); Tara Borden (director); Madeline Coats (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Halifax’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888650264RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.