Hands Across the Sea Association
Charitable organization · Yarmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 856865464RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($306,200) as filed with the CRA.
Hands Across the Sea Association is a charitable organization based in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $212K in revenue and $306K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from donations. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $37K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 74 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $356K in 2020 to $212K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
To operate and maintain an orphanage in dechappelle haiti that provides shelter food clothing and protection. To operate and maintain a school in dechappelle haiti that provides education from preschool to high school. To provide technical training in various trades to help young people find work. To hold religious services to provide spiritual training and support.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $212K | $306K | $273K | — | — | $1M |
| 2023 | $186K | $271K | $240K | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $455K | $243K | $180K | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $435K | $246K | $214K | — | — | $1M |
| 2020 | $356K | $295K | $216K | — | — | $825K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $37K from 12 charities:
- Wesleyan Church of Yarmouth$12K
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,461
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,412
- Brentview Baptist Church$4,868
- Faith Memorial United Baptist Church$2,800
- Argyle Pubnico Baptist Church$2,140
- Maranatha Baptist Church$965
- Corner Brook Baptist Church$800
- Selkirk Christian Chapel$388
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$336
- Springdale Pastoral Charge$300
- United Way British Columbia$202
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions74
- Total compensation, all staff$107K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Liette Wilson (director); Beate Rufft (secretary); Lynn Clark (director); Robert Comeau (director); Lloyd Macdonald (treasurer); Donald Huxter (director); Tim Newell (president); Robert Lewis (director); Karen Huxter (executive-director); Emma O'Rourke (director); Todd Young (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hands Across the Sea Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 856865464RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.