MusGo Rider Cooperative Ltd.
Publicly funded institution · Porters Lake, Nova Scotia · BN 827418088RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures (—) as filed with the CRA.
MusGo Rider Cooperative Ltd. is a charitable organization based in Porters Lake, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $777K in revenue.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $10K.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $407K in 2020 to $777K in 2024.
In its own words
MusGo is rural public transportation for all residents of East Preston/Lawrencetown to Ship Harbour along the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia. This is a pre-booked service at least 24 before transportation. MusGo has a Fare Assistance Program in place to assist low income clients. MusGo provides free trips to food banks. MusGo Rider partners with many other non-profit organizations to support their programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $777K | — | — | — | — | $816K |
| 2023 | $593K | $436K | $374K | $0 | $0 | $573K |
| 2022 | $437K | $461K | $382K | $0 | $0 | $415K |
| 2021 | $354K | $306K | $229K | — | — | $370K |
| 2020 | $407K | $356K | $281K | $0 | $0 | $339K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $10K from 1 charity:
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
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$300K
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 MusGo Rider Cooperative Ltd.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 827418088RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.