Business Is Jammin' Society
Charitable organization · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 840066674RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($225,916) as filed with the CRA.
Business Is Jammin' Society is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $159K in revenue and $226K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 80% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $67K.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $101K in 2020 to $159K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Entrepreneurship programs personal and community development summer youth * march break programs mentorship workshops
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $159K | $226K | $147K | $12K | — | $103K |
| 2023 | $185K | $170K | $136K | $13K | — | $170K |
| 2022 | $105K | $85K | $77K | — | — | $155K |
| 2021 | $298K | $184K | — | — | — | $130K |
| 2020 | $101K | — | — | — | — | $14K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $67K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$167K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Tracey Thomas (chair); Marissa Walter (member); Grace Alridge (member); Mapfumo Chidzonga (member); Shekara Joseph (member).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Business Is Jammin' Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 840066674RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.