Halifax & Region Military Family Resource Centre
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 870705829RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,041,098) as filed with the CRA.
Halifax & Region Military Family Resource Centre is a charitable organization based in Halifax, 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 $4.1M in revenue and $4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $22K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 82% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 61 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
A registered charity the mission is to strengthen the well-being of all those who share the unique experience of military life. Programs include: - child & youth services; - quality of life and education; - prevention support & intervention counseling services; - emergency deployment respite support child care; - day care services; - adult & family programming; - essential second language training - family separation & reunion & outreach services; - personal development & community integration; - family liaison officer providing support to families of cf personnel copin…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.1M | $4M | $3.9M | $5,487 | — | $936K |
| 2023 | $3.9M | $3.9M | $3.6M | $4,780 | — | $881K |
| 2022 | $3.8M | $3.8M | $3.3M | $11K | — | $855K |
| 2021 | $4M | $3.9M | $3.6M | — | — | $816K |
| 2020 | $4.1M | $4.1M | $3.6M | — | — | $810K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $22K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions61
- Total compensation, all staff$3.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Keely Anderson (board member); Fraser Beazley (board member); Lindsey Coshell (secretary); Eric Craig (board member (nonvot); Rhonda Gaudette (board member); Derek Godin (board member); Shelley Hopkins (executive director-non); Amanda Lutz (vice chair); Ellen Macdonald (board member); Gregory Moffat (board member); Sarah Nixon-Miller (board member); Larissa Page (board chair); Lisa Purdy (treasurer); Kevin Wezenbeek (board member); Cavel Shebib (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Halifax & Region Military Family Resource Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 870705829RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.