Habitat for Humanity Nova Scotia
Charitable organization · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 138524939RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,654,185) as filed with the CRA.
Habitat for Humanity Nova Scotia is a charitable organization based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $5.3M in revenue and $3.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 5% from government. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $752K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 21 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.6M in 2020 to $5.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
HFHNS offers affordable home ownership to hardworking low income families who help to build their home. They are provided a no down payment capped mortgage. Volunteers are the heartbeat of our organization. Whether you are looking to develop new skills share your expertise or meet new people we invite you to volunteer with us at our Habitat ReStores or on our build sites. There are volunteer opportunities 6-days a week and we offer a wide range of ways to get involved with flexible hours. We welcome everyone 16 years of age and up to join us in helping families in need of a safe and decent …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.3M | $3.7M | $3M | $89K | $2,500 | $4.8M |
| 2023 | $2.5M | $2.4M | $1.6M | $291K | $2,500 | $3.2M |
| 2022 | $2.5M | $2.2M | $1.6M | $16K | $5,000 | $3.1M |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $992K | $125K | $2,500 | $2.8M |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.4M | $665K | $118K | $5,000 | $2.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $752K from 15 charities:
- Habitat for Humanity Canada/habitat pour l'Humanité Canada$470K
- J and W Murphy Foundation$100K
- The David and Faye Sobey Foundation$75K
- Colin and Belle MacDonald Charitable Foundation$25K
- The Stevens Family Foundation$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$20K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,645
- The Foundation Office.ca$4,000
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$2,085
- Sisters of Charity Mount Saint Vincent$2,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$768
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$30
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$25
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions21
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kayla Smith (secretary); Matthew MacEachern (director); Deepak Prasad (vice - chair); William Gullage (treasurer); Enkelejda Shytaj (director); Nick Misener (director); John Wills (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Habitat for Humanity Nova Scotia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 138524939RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.