Dartmouth Senior CARE Society
Publicly funded institution · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 107791006RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($14,329,862) as filed with the CRA.
Dartmouth Senior CARE Society is a charitable organization based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 $14M in revenue and $14.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 65% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $25K.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 59 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $9.2M in 2020 to $14M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Dartmouth senior care society (operating as oakwood terrace) is a licensed and accredited level 2 long term care facility that provides 24 hour professional nursing care for the residents admitted. We provide care in a holisitic home like environment through dedicated and caring staff and volunteers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14M | $14.3M | $13.4M | — | — | $1 |
| 2023 | $12.4M | $11.9M | $11.1M | — | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $10.7M | $10.4M | — | — | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $9.7M | $9.8M | — | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $9.2M | $9.4M | — | — | — | $2.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $25K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions59
- Total compensation, all staff$11.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Winston Clarke (chairman); Vern Rankin (vice chair); Pam Murray (secretary); Thomas Harmes (board member); Blake Caldwell (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Dartmouth Senior CARE Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107791006RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.