Hospice Palliative CARE Society of Cape Breton County
Charitable organization · Sydney, Nova Scotia · BN 118963768RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($570,353) as filed with the CRA.
Hospice Palliative CARE Society of Cape Breton County is a charitable organization based in Sydney, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $716K in revenue and $570K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from donations. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $105K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
Provision of volunteer palliative care services in industrial cape breton and promotion of palliative care services in the area.funding of a 24 hour nursing service and an equipment loan service for palliative care residents at home. Financial assistance for palliative care residents for rental travel etc. Funding of a music therapy program and comfort and care items for patients of the palliative care unit and their families. Maintenance of a community hospice.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $716K | $570K | $416K | $79K | — | $5.1M |
| 2023 | $546K | $511K | $371K | $73K | — | $5M |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $302K | $85K | $76K | — | $5.1M |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $241K | $71K | $127K | — | $3.7M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $310K | $91K | $176K | — | $2.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $105K from 14 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$35K
- Canadahelps Canadon$35K
- Walker Wood Foundation$18K
- Masonic Foundation of Nova Scotia$5,000
- The John and Jeanne Eyking Family Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,263
- United Way of Cape Breton County$1,565
- The Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation of Canada$1,000
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$500
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$390
- United Way of Kingston Frontenac Lennox & Addington$50
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$25
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
- 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:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$204K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Linda Dieltgens (director); Laurie Mortimer (director); Ann Frances D'Intino (physician representative); Aurelle Landry (director); Debbie Keating (director); Sheila Kennedy (director); Jane Lewis (chair); Herb Martell (treasurer); Darlene Boone (director); Cheryl Read (vice-chair); Helen Graham (director); Sabrina Macdougall-Forgeron (director); Dominic Goduto (director); Mora Giovannetti (director); Kirk Macrae (director); Linda Van Schaayk (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hospice Palliative CARE Society of Cape Breton County’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118963768RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.