Colchester East Hants Community Hospice Society
Charitable organization · Truro, Nova Scotia · BN 885434407RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($379,702) as filed with the CRA.
Colchester East Hants Community Hospice Society is a charitable organization based in Truro, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $200K in revenue and $380K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from donations, 35% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $9,788.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 84% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
The colchester east hants hospice society provides community based support to those facing end of life and grief. Programs include: volunteer visiting in the hospital and community social work counseling support for the individual and/or family community education and workshops resource library grief support groups and community awareness events such as angels remembered.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $200K | $380K | $303K | $41K | — | $655K |
| 2023 | $172K | $371K | $299K | $33K | — | $834K |
| 2022 | $220K | $366K | $298K | $34K | — | $1M |
| 2021 | $249K | $362K | $294K | $32K | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $206K | $336K | $281K | $26K | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $9,788 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$233K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cassandra Armsworthy (president); Ricardo Garcia (past president); Julianna Paul (vice president); Amy Hutt-Richardson (treasurer); Dawn Ross (secretary); Janice Newcombe (director); John McNeil (director); Karen McNeil (director); Andrew Lake (director); Stephanie Jones (director); Cory Lunn (director); Angela McDonnell (director); Chris McDaniel (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Colchester East Hants Community Hospice Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 885434407RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.