Dartmouth Work Activity Society
Publicly funded institution · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 118882539RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,142,761) as filed with the CRA.
Dartmouth Work Activity Society is a charitable organization based in Dartmouth, 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 $1.2M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
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 1% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
We continue to offer employment readiness programs to adults with barriers to employment. We deliver technical programs in the areas of commercial cleaning food services mult-hire trades and digital programming and all of our programs include additional soft skill development training in personal employment support essential skills and computer basics. Upon completing their programs all clients are followed up for to 6 months to ensure they received the employment support they need to be successful. In february 2024 a new client service worker program was launched.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $85K | — | — | $720K |
| 2023 | $1M | $954K | $886K | — | — | $746K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1M | — | — | $700K |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $797K | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $842K | — | — | $599K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $0 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$803K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Diana Dalton (president); Kimberley Drisdelle (director); Katherine Frank (director); Katherine Howlett (director); Joan Macleod (director); Debbie Moutenay (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Dartmouth Work Activity Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118882539RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.