Homebridge Youth Society
Publicly funded institution · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 106728918RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,441,116) as filed with the CRA.
Homebridge Youth Society is a charitable organization based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. 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 $8.4M in revenue and $8.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $74K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 68 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
HomeBridge provides care and housing for children ages 12 to 18 who are in the care of the Province of NS (Community Services). This is done through 5 long term care homes and one short-term emergency stabilization (crisis) centre. HomeBridge also operates a classroom (education) program for youth called Bridges for Learning.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.4M | $8.4M | $6.5M | $2,031 | — | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $9.1M | $8.9M | $7.1M | $2,668 | — | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $8.7M | $8.6M | $7.1M | $2,673 | — | $2M |
| 2021 | $8.8M | $8.3M | $6.9M | $6,901 | — | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $8.1M | $7.8M | $6.5M | $6,983 | — | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $74K from 12 charities:
- Halifax Youth Foundation$27K
- The Windsor Foundation$10K
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$8,539
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$7,865
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,395
- Kiwanis Club of Dartmouth Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,969
- ST. Paul's Home$2,500
- Grace United Church$500
- Canadian Paediatric Foundation/fondation Canadienne de Pédiatrie$450
- Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire$350
- Congregation of Notre Dame Visitation Province Inc.—
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
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions68
- Total compensation, all staff$7.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Herb Orlik (board member); Ernie Hilton (ex officio/secretary); Jim Perrin (board chair); Brandon Rolle (board member); Lyn Frankton (vice chair); Shawn Carter (board member); Jalen Sabean (treasurer); Daphne Hutt-Macleod (board member); Chantelle Cadeau (board member); Jocelyn Poirier (board member); Stephanie Johnson (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Homebridge Youth Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106728918RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.