Guysborough Options for Adaptive Living Society
Publicly funded institution · Guysborough, Nova Scotia · BN 897919254RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($165,756) as filed with the CRA.
Guysborough Options for Adaptive Living Society is a charitable organization based in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. 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 $189K in revenue and $166K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,572.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Catering crafts contract and used clothing
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $189K | $166K | — | — | — | $23K |
| 2023 | $203K | $216K | — | — | — | $65K |
| 2022 | $190K | $201K | — | — | — | $66K |
| 2021 | $234K | $19K | — | — | — | $73K |
| 2020 | $234K | $19K | — | — | — | $73K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $2,572 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$131K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Donna Cook (chairperson); Edward Avery (director); Frances Brymer (director); Kay Chisholm (director); Lise De Villiers (director); Miles Macdonald (director); Rita Kennedy (director); Rosalie Macauley (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Guysborough Options for Adaptive Living Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897919254RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.