Cumberland Homelessness and Housing Support Association
Publicly funded institution · Amherst, Nova Scotia · BN 737309484RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($822,863) as filed with the CRA.
Cumberland Homelessness and Housing Support 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 $775K in revenue and $823K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $99K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 29 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1 in 2021 to $775K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Worked on strategic plan to establish an emergency based shelter and transitional affordable housing units in cumberland ns; researching funding sources; working on securing a property in cumberland and/or building a structure to provide suitable sustainable and affordable housing for those in need of shelter.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $775K | $823K | $725K | — | — | -$40K |
| 2023 | $148K | $144K | $140K | — | — | $7,618 |
| 2022 | $5,128 | $3,513 | — | — | — | $2,814 |
| 2021 | $1 | $12 | — | — | — | $1,198 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $99K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions29
- Total compensation, all staff$565K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alison Lair (past chair); Colleen Dowe (secretary); Emily Parlee (treasurer); John Rossong (vice chair); Beryl Macdonald (director); Ashley Creighton (director); Frank Allen (director); Zachary Macmillan (director); Bevarly Gloade (director); Melissa Johnson (director); Leon Landry (chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cumberland Homelessness and Housing Support Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 737309484RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.