Inclusion Nova Scotia Society
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 106842529RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($328,776) as filed with the CRA.
Inclusion Nova Scotia Society is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $361K in revenue and $329K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from donations, 61% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $252K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Deinstituionalization - to increase choices and options for people with intellectual disabilities regarding community based living supports. Disability and family supports - to increase the level of engagement by families and people with intellectual disabilities in the process of identifying existing gaps in services and supports available to them.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $361K | $329K | $229K | — | — | $381K |
| 2023 | $502K | $464K | $251K | — | — | $350K |
| 2022 | $448K | $401K | $277K | — | — | $312K |
| 2021 | $344K | $340K | $269K | — | — | $265K |
| 2020 | $261K | $296K | $216K | — | — | $262K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $252K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$114K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Carmel French (past-president); Nancy Park (branch rep); Stephanie Carver (president); Jane Gillis (vice president); Debra Moore (secretary); Mark Muise (treasurer); Joy Larusic (director at large); Andrea Hilson (director at large); Debbie Cavers (director at large); Colette Devlin (director at large); Jeff Moore (director at large); Chantal Meister (director at large); Barb Horner (family chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Inclusion Nova Scotia Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106842529RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.