Cape Breton West Community Action 2000 Society
Publicly funded institution · Mabou, Nova Scotia · BN 898121181RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,149,464) as filed with the CRA.
Cape Breton West Community Action 2000 Society is a charitable organization based in Mabou, 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 $1.4M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
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 91% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $894K in 2020 to $1.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Provides housing and care for individuals with disabilities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.1M | $1.1M | — | — | $524K |
| 2023 | $1M | $948K | $938K | — | — | $267K |
| 2022 | $942K | $879K | $868K | — | — | $223K |
| 2021 | $936K | $899K | $834K | — | — | $174K |
| 2020 | $894K | $857K | $792K | — | — | $137K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$961K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Grant Ayotte (director); Jackie MacDonnell (director); Norman Beaton (director); Melody MacMillan (director); Isabelle MacDonald (director); Donald MacDonald (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cape Breton West Community Action 2000 Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 898121181RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.