Eating Disorders Nova Scotia Association
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 766298525RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,020,907) as filed with the CRA.
Eating Disorders Nova Scotia Association is a charitable organization based in Halifax, 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 $977K in revenue and $1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $95K.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 84% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $162K in 2020 to $977K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Support for those impacted by eating disorders including peer support education and assistance navigating resources. Nutrition counselling Psychological Counselling
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $977K | $1M | $987K | — | — | -$10K |
| 2023 | $975K | $1M | $1M | — | — | $34K |
| 2022 | $366K | $359K | $343K | — | — | $103K |
| 2021 | $309K | $241K | $229K | — | — | $96K |
| 2020 | $162K | $131K | $126K | — | — | $28K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $95K from 8 charities:
- Community Foundations of Canada$31K
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$21K
- Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia$15K
- Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$12K
- Eating Disorders Foundation of Canada$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$762
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$134
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$768K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Collette Deschenes (chair); Ruth Shelton (member at large); Clarisse Nga Fouda (member at large); Hannah Baillie (member at large); Meaghan Norris (member at large); Jim Armour (member at large); Chuck Maillet (member at large); Diane Hogeterp (member at large); Rebecca Kreft (treasurer); Katie O'Keefe (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Eating Disorders Nova Scotia Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 766298525RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.