Chignecto-Central Regional Centre for Education
Publicly funded institution · Truro, Nova Scotia · BN 882065386RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($284,557,369) as filed with the CRA.
Chignecto-Central Regional Centre for Education is a charitable organization based in Truro, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 $288.1M in revenue and $284.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $169K.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 2,401 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Delivery of the nova scotia school programs for students from pre-primary to grade 12 throughout the following 4 counties of nova scotia: colchester cumberland east hants & pictou
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $288.1M | $284.6M | — | — | — | $28.4M |
| 2023 | $287.6M | $280.1M | $261K | — | — | $24.8M |
| 2022 | $265.4M | $262.8M | $362K | — | — | $18.2M |
| 2021 | $255.4M | $252.7M | $244K | — | — | $15.6M |
| 2020 | $248M | $245.9M | $154K | — | — | $8.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $169K from 18 charities:
- The DR. & MRS. H. E. Christie Community Foundation$67K
- Sobey MacGregor Foundation$23K
- All Saints Community Health CARE Foundation$20K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$18K
- The Joyce Family Foundation$12K
- Masonic Foundation of Nova Scotia$6,000
- Sutherland Harris Memorial Hospital Foundation$5,000
- Aberdeen Health Foundation Society$5,000
- Plant a Seed & See What Grows Foundation$3,000
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$2,500
- BenefAction Foundation$2,000
- Faith Christian Reformed Church$1,853
- The Seagull Foundation$1,000
- The Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$1,000
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$840
- The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society$600
- ST. Andrew's United Church$500
- Wesley ST. Matthew's United Church$400
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2,401
- Total compensation, all staff$237.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karyn Cooling (regional executive director); Valerie Gauthier (director of financial services); Christopher Zwicker (director of operational servic); Jessi Taggart (director of human resources se); Blair Macdonald (director of school administrat); Shelley Maclean (director of programs & studen).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chignecto-Central Regional Centre for Education’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 882065386RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.