Dasc - Dartmouth Adult Service Centre Association
Publicly funded institution · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 107002453RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,502,253) as filed with the CRA.
Dasc - Dartmouth Adult Service Centre Association 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 $4.4M in revenue and $4.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $66K.
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 29% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 45 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Dartmouth adult service centre (dasc) give individuals the support they need to realize their true potential and become active members of their community. Through a variety of vocational day programs and community employment programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.4M | $4.5M | $3.8M | $29K | — | $2.7M |
| 2023 | $3.7M | $3.8M | $3.1M | $33K | — | $2.7M |
| 2022 | $3.2M | $3.5M | $2.8M | — | — | $2.8M |
| 2021 | $3.1M | $3.2M | $2.9M | $300 | — | $3.1M |
| 2020 | $3.3M | $3.4M | $2.8M | — | — | $3.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $66K from 11 charities:
- River Philip Foundation$20K
- The Harry E Foster Charitable Foundation$10K
- Craig Foundation$10K
- The George W. Wilson and Teresa Madelyn (merriam) Wilson Foundation$5,000
- Halifax Youth Foundation$5,000
- J and W Murphy Foundation$5,000
- Vancouver Foundation$2,700
- Sisters of Charity Mount Saint Vincent$2,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,164
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,043
- The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions45
- Total compensation, all staff$3.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Faith Scattolon (chair); Wayne Forster (vice chair); Veronica Hunt (treasurer); Jeff Casey (secretary); Wade Keller (member at large); Keisha Wright (member at large); Cora Lee Murrin (member at large); Janissa Browne (member at large); Christine Condran (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Dasc - Dartmouth Adult Service Centre Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107002453RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.