Easter Seals Nova Scotia
Charitable organization · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 131640922RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,717,969) as filed with the CRA.
Easter Seals Nova Scotia is a charitable organization based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $4.9M in revenue and $4.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from government. In 2024, 20 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $335K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 27 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Since 1931 easter seals nova scotia has been a leader in providing support programs information and advocacy on behalf of persons living with disabilities. Our four pillar programs include active inclusive sport activities such as sledge hockey and wheelchair basketball for youth as well as boccia for seniors. Our vocational training and supported employment programs encourage learning work experience and training to transition persons into community-based employment. Our social enterprise activities include food production and small business contracts for our in-house clients learning voca…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.9M | $4.7M | $4.4M | $62K | — | $883K |
| 2023 | $5.1M | $5.1M | $4.8M | $117K | — | $651K |
| 2022 | $3.6M | $3.4M | $3.2M | $118K | — | $654K |
| 2021 | $3.1M | $3M | $2.8M | $40K | — | $418K |
| 2020 | $3.7M | $3.6M | $3.3M | $65K | — | $227K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $335K from 20 charities:
- Easter Seals Canada Timbres de Pâques Canada$107K
- The Medavie Foundation Inc.$40K
- The Windsor Foundation$40K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$31K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$28K
- River Philip Foundation$20K
- Halifax Protestant Infants Foundation$16K
- Halifax Youth Foundation$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$10K
- Black Family Foundation$8,000
- Flemming Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Craig Foundation$5,000
- Mary K. Lawlor Estate$3,867
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$2,392
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,288
- Trust Under Will of F C Manning$750
- The Calgary Foundation$692
- Kiwanis Club of Dartmouth Charitable Foundation$500
- BenefAction Foundation$250
- The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society$193
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions27
- Total compensation, all staff$1.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alexander Warner (treasurer); Sarah Moore (board member); Michael Decoste (past chair); Jason Kontak (1st vice chairperson); Jennifer Poirier (board member); Bhreah Macdonald (board member); Michelle Mahoney (board member); Stephen Maltby (board member); Angela Rafuse (chairperson); Elizabeth Sutcliffe (board member); Morgan Vanhorne (board member); Jane Caudle (board member); James Collins (board member); Tarah Sawler (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Easter Seals Nova Scotia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131640922RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.