Kids First Association
Publicly funded institution · New Glasgow, Nova Scotia · BN 897070181RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,378,526) as filed with the CRA.
Kids First Association is a charitable organization based in New Glasgow, 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 $1.4M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $133K.
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 87% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (7 positions in that band). The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $812K in 2020 to $1.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Drop-in program. School readiness program. Parenting programs. Parenting support services. Resource referral system
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | — | $216K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1.2M | — | — | $188K |
| 2022 | $985K | $902K | $804K | — | — | $207K |
| 2021 | $842K | $797K | — | — | — | $213K |
| 2020 | $812K | $836K | — | — | — | $123K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $133K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$815K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sue Arsenault (chair); Karen Roberts (vice chair); Jiselle Maher; Lindsay Arseneau; Rhonda Rafuse; Shaynea Hefler; Beth Macmillan; Christina Bowie; Crystal States; Patricia Mackenzie; Sue Burke.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kids First Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897070181RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.