Literacy Association of Nova Scotia
Publicly funded institution · Truro, Nova Scotia · BN 139831697RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($523,952) as filed with the CRA.
Literacy Association of Nova Scotia is a charitable organization based in Truro, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 $353K in revenue and $524K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,298.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 78% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 16 qualified donees totalling $50K in 2024, the largest being $6,800 to Adult Learning Association of Cape Breton County. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $617K in 2020 to $353K in 2024.
In its own words
Promote adult literacy in Nova Scotia visit www.literacyns.ca for more information.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $353K | $524K | $448K | $8,123 | $58K | $99K |
| 2023 | $703K | $717K | $584K | — | $51K | $270K |
| 2022 | $746K | $695K | $552K | $3,892 | $65K | $284K |
| 2021 | $410K | $483K | $457K | — | $69K | $232K |
| 2020 | $617K | $654K | $533K | $26K | $59K | $312K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $50K to 16 qualified donees:
- Adult Learning Association of Cape Breton County$6,800
- Dartmouth Learning Network Society$5,887
- Community Learning Association North of Smokey$2,800
- Eastern Shore & Musquodoboit Valley Learning Network$2,800
- Yarmouth County Learning Network$2,800
- Valley Community Learning Association$2,800
- Pictou County Continuous Learning Association (piccla)$2,800
- Guysborough County Adult Learning Association$2,800
- Hants Learning Network Association$2,800
- Colchester Adult Learning Association$2,800
- East Hants Community Learning Association$2,800
- The Lunenburg County Adult Learning Network Association$2,736
- Shelburne County Learning Network$2,700
- Halifax Community Learning Network Association$2,657
- Queens County Learning Network$2,405
- Digby Area Learning Association$1,500
Received $2,298 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$295K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Literacy Association of Nova Scotia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 139831697RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.