Cumberland County Transition House Association
Publicly funded institution · Amherst, Nova Scotia · BN 106995624RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,172,338) as filed with the CRA.
Cumberland County Transition House Association is a charitable organization based in Amherst, 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 $1.1M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from government, 9% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $274K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 17 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Individual support information and counselling for women and/or children living in an abusive situation emergency shelter support information and counselling through self-help and support groups public awareness mens intervention.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $1M | $5,552 | — | $749K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $954K | $3,689 | — | $806K |
| 2022 | $1M | $883K | $758K | $730 | — | $758K |
| 2021 | $964K | $893K | $756K | $534 | — | $597K |
| 2020 | $811K | $824K | $703K | $7,057 | — | $526K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $274K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions17
- Total compensation, all staff$937K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dawn Ferris (executive director); Andrew Cameron (director); Debra Ryan (past chair); Ed Colquhoun (treasurer); Joanne Gibson (secretary); Christina Macdougall (chair); Melanie Siddel (director); Meredith Ralston (director); Jackie Cormier (director); Robin Latta (director); Dawn Ripley (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cumberland County Transition House Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106995624RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.