Cumberland County Hospice/palliative CARE Society
Charitable organization · Amherst, Nova Scotia · BN 860256486RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($217,471) as filed with the CRA.
Cumberland County Hospice/palliative CARE Society is a charitable organization based in Amherst, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $323K in revenue and $217K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $18K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 61% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $205K in 2020 to $323K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Society was founded in 2002. It provides direct support to individuals requiring equipment medications training reference material transportation and nutritional supplements. A current project is the contruction of a 5-7 bed hospice care to cumberland county residents in the future.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $323K | $217K | $190K | $5,143 | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $297K | $202K | $192K | $4,344 | — | -$1,082 |
| 2022 | $361K | $173K | $83K | $80K | — | $537K |
| 2021 | $249K | $151K | $54K | $77K | — | $349K |
| 2020 | $205K | $206K | $57K | $62K | — | $251K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $18K from 7 charities:
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
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$85K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Geraldine Helm (chairperson); Cheryl Smith (vice chair); Jeff Marshall (treasurer); Rosemary Donkin (secretary); Robin Fage (director); Ann Keddy (director); Susan Mackay (director); Rhonda Jackson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cumberland County Hospice/palliative CARE Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 860256486RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.