Futureworx Society
Publicly funded institution · Truro, Nova Scotia · BN 118866680RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,055,048) as filed with the CRA.
Futureworx Society is a charitable organization based in Truro, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $5.3M in revenue and $5.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2020, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $10K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 42 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The program is designed to prepare for entry to or return to employment persons in need or likely to become persons in need who because of environmental personal or family reasons have unusual difficulty in obtaining or holding employment. Improving through participation in technical or vocational training programs or rehabilitation programs their ability to obtain or hold employment.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.3M | $5.1M | $4.1M | — | — | $4.7M |
| 2023 | $5.8M | $5.4M | $4.6M | — | — | $4.5M |
| 2022 | $5.5M | $5M | $4.4M | — | — | $4M |
| 2021 | $4.8M | $4.5M | $3.9M | — | — | $3.6M |
| 2020 | $5.2M | $5M | $4.5M | — | — | $3.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2020
Received $10K from 1 charity:
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
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,99926 positions
- $1–39,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions42
- Total compensation, all staff$3.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Venning Goad (president); Greg Macleod (treasurer); Kim Barnhill (member); Charles Mackenzie (member); Ann Wight (vice president); Linda Wyllie (member); Nevin Jackson (member); Brad Ritcey (member); Crystal Hill (member); Jude Clyke (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Futureworx Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118866680RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.