Community Transit - The Nova Scotia Community Based Transportation Association
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 892918319RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($733,068) as filed with the CRA.
Community Transit - The Nova Scotia Community Based Transportation Association is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. 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 $809K in revenue and $733K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $235.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $366K in 2020 to $809K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
USE A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT APPROACH TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND ENHANCEMENT OF COMMUNITY BASED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. WORK CLOSELY WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE RURAL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION TO HELP IMPROVE SERVICE. WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PROVINCIAL AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT TO EXAMINE SOME OF THE GAPS AND BARRIERS THAT IMPEDE THE PROGRESS OF ESTABLISHING A COMPREHENSIVE AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE COMMUNITY BASED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. OVERSEE A PILOT PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MARITIME BUS. Support development of new community based services in Guysborough County. Pr…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $809K | $733K | $586K | — | — | $372K |
| 2023 | $555K | $549K | $467K | — | — | $297K |
| 2022 | $447K | $378K | $149K | — | — | $290K |
| 2021 | $297K | $240K | $149K | — | — | $221K |
| 2020 | $366K | $281K | $205K | — | — | $164K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $235 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$67K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tanya Burke (past chair); Nancy Dicks (treasurer/secretary); Cyril Camus (vice chair); Sam Thompson (chair); Mary Maclellan (director); Gilbert Johnson (director); Lee Norman (director); Julie Weir (director); Sarah Balloch (director ex officio); Shelley Adams (director); Phil Laven (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Community Transit - The Nova Scotia Community Based Transportation Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892918319RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.