Coverdale Courtwork Society
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 888404449RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,494,004) as filed with the CRA.
Coverdale Courtwork Society is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $2.5M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from government, 7% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $123K.
Compared with 47 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 96% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (45 positions in that band). The charity reported 45 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $395K in 2020 to $2.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Working with women daily at the local courts counselling. Working with preteen and teen girls at risk in the school system. Putting on programs for women involved in the justice system.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $2.5M | $2.5M | — | — | $176K |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.7M | — | — | $176K |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.1M | — | — | $176K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $768K | — | — | $161K |
| 2020 | $395K | $375K | $333K | — | — | $169K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $123K from 9 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$37K
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$30K
- The Canadian Bar Law for the Future Fund$30K
- Canadian Women's Foundation$13K
- The Presbyterian Church of Saint David$6,150
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,113
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,947
- Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia$1,500
- Canadian Women's Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99945 positions
- Permanent full-time positions45
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ida Armstrong Whitehouse (director); Janis Aitken (director); Brittany Sutherland (secretary); Vanessa Lilly (chair); Monica Bell-Ekanem (director); Yanick Seide (director); Namrata Charkraboay (director); Allison Lasorda (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Coverdale Courtwork Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888404449RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.