Centre for Local Prosperity a Society
Charitable organization · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 840251797RR0001 · Research · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($99,341) as filed with the CRA.
Centre for Local Prosperity a Society is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under research. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $66K in revenue and $99K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 72% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $13K.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
During this fiscal period the centre for local prosperity carried out both ongoing and new charitable programs. As part of the ongoing programs a climate change group retreat was conducted at the thinkers lodge pugwash ns in fall 2022 and staff and volunteers undertook planning for a retreat held in june 2022 as part of the new charitable programs staff and volunteers were assisting the centre as the lead organizer in planning for a food security regional conference to be held in november 2022
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $66K | $99K | $93K | — | — | — |
| 2023 | $154K | $128K | $116K | — | — | $95K |
| 2022 | $87K | $78K | $2,984 | — | — | — |
| 2021 | — | $90K | $78K | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $13K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$8,370
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Justin Cantafio (president); Dayle Eshelby (vice president); Chris Googoo (director); Weder Natalie (treasurer); Ferraro Phill (director); Maria Rodriguez (director); Gillian Kerr (secretary); Barb Smeltzer (director); Rose Hamilton (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Centre for Local Prosperity a Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 840251797RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.