Digby Area Learning Association
Publicly funded institution · Digby, Nova Scotia · BN 889384392RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,284,036) as filed with the CRA.
Digby Area Learning Association is a charitable organization based in Digby, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3,921.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 68% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $832K in 2020 to $1.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Operate a community education centre that provides adult education and night/weekend courses. Operation of a c@p site to provide technology and training to the public as well as the running a licensed pre-school/after school centre.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1.2M | $742 | — | $110K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $1.2M | $502 | — | $12K |
| 2022 | $1M | $1.1M | $980K | — | — | $22K |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $987K | — | — | $78K |
| 2020 | $832K | $825K | $751K | $233 | — | $605 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3,921 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Janson (chair); Ann Robichaud (secretary); Darren Snair (treasurer); Joe Van Heerden (vice-chair); Maritza Adams (member); Angela Turner (member); Donna Tidd (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Digby Area Learning Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889384392RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.