Community Living Alternatives Society Clas
Publicly funded institution · Kentville, Nova Scotia · BN 106962749RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,088,296) as filed with the CRA.
Community Living Alternatives Society Clas is a charitable organization based in Kentville, 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 $9.3M in revenue and $9.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 73 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Community living alternatives society (clas) provides quality community lviing opportunities for individuals with intellectual disabilities within the kings county area of nova scotia. Clas provides this by operating group homes small option homes and supervised apartments which allow our resident to exercise their individuals rights and actively participate within their communities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9.3M | $9.1M | — | $7.9M | — | $1.9M |
| 2023 | $7M | $7M | $6M | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $6.9M | $6.8M | $5.8M | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $7M | $7M | $657K | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $6.3M | $6.3M | $5.4M | — | — | $1.7M |
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:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions73
- Total compensation, all staff$8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Perry Spinney (president); Melody Aalders (vice-president); Andrew Roach (treasurer); Kris Farris (secretary); Patrick Nixon (board member); Vicki Burke (board member); Shaun Cameron (executive director); Deanna Penney (program director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Community Living Alternatives Society Clas’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106962749RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.