City Homemakers Service Society
Publicly funded institution · Sydney, Nova Scotia · BN 118864529RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,125,330) as filed with the CRA.
City Homemakers Service Society is a charitable organization based in Sydney, 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 $5.1M in revenue and $5.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% 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 25% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 114 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
To provide home support services for the elderly and disabled in our communities who have assessed unmet needs. Our agency provides services of personal care meal preparation household management laundry and respite care.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.1M | $5.1M | $4.3M | — | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $4.9M | $4.9M | — | — | — | $30K |
| 2022 | $4.1M | $4.3M | $3.4M | — | — | $818K |
| 2021 | $49.7M | $4.7M | $3.8M | — | — | $316K |
| 2020 | $5.2M | $5.1M | $4.2M | — | — | $126K |
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:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions114
- Total compensation, all staff$4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Phyllis Barron (director); Betty Boyd (vice chair); Jane Coady (director); Judy Lorway (director); Connie Morrison (director); Frances Ford (director); Pauline Graham (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from City Homemakers Service Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118864529RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.