Independent Living Nova Scotia Association
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 139512669RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,444,487) as filed with the CRA.
Independent Living Nova Scotia Association 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 $4.7M in revenue and $4.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $14K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 95% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 24 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $765K in 2020 to $4.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
transitional and pre-employment programming support services for self managed care shared services programming/housing food insecurity programming peer support events self advocacy support
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.7M | $4.4M | $4.4M | — | — | $360K |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $2.6M | $2.5M | — | — | $137K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $977K | — | — | $117K |
| 2021 | $748K | $737K | $599K | — | — | $106K |
| 2020 | $765K | $727K | $641K | $12K | — | $114K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $14K from 2 charities:
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
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,99921 positions
- Permanent full-time positions24
- Total compensation, all staff$3.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andrew Taylor (director); Nancy Walker (secretary); Taylor Coady (chairperson); Susan McLearn (treasurer); Jim Arnott (director); Jennifer Noble (director); Ginny Sweet (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Independent Living Nova Scotia Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 139512669RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.