Bridges Counselling Centre
Publicly funded institution · Truro, Nova Scotia · BN 135140978RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($636,911) as filed with the CRA.
Bridges Counselling Centre is a charitable organization based in Truro, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $869K in revenue and $637K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $3,000.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 94% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $354K in 2020 to $869K in 2024.
In its own words
Providing psych / educational programs for domestically violent men and women
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $869K | $637K | $637K | — | — | $703K |
| 2023 | $550K | $371K | $371K | — | — | $471K |
| 2022 | $556K | $494K | $494K | — | — | $292K |
| 2021 | $377K | $327K | $327K | — | — | $229K |
| 2020 | $354K | $315K | $315K | — | — | $184K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3,000 from 1 charity:
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
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$352K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bridges Counselling Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 135140978RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.