Federation of Foster Families of Nova Scotia
Publicly funded institution · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 129745030RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($951,070) as filed with the CRA.
Federation of Foster Families of Nova Scotia 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 $951K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% 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 2% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $951K | $300K | — | — | $333K |
| 2023 | $1M | $938K | $267K | — | — | $493K |
| 2022 | $913K | $903K | $168K | — | — | $98K |
| 2021 | $765K | $668K | $118K | — | — | $95K |
| 2020 | $845K | $835K | $277K | — | — | -$1,782 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
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:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$430K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sheila Hill (director); Lloyd Sweeney (director); Darlene Arseneau (director); Iona Smith (director); Robert Richardson (president); Mary Ann Burke (vice president); Carolann Fitzgerald-Zegray (treasurer/secretary); Evelyn MacInnis (director); Patricia Cain (director); Mary Poulette (director); Ann Jennex-Roberts (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Federation of Foster Families of Nova Scotia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129745030RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.