Northwoodcare Group Incorporated
Public foundation · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 844795088RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($577,599) as filed with the CRA.
Northwoodcare Group Incorporated is a public foundation based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $8.5M in revenue and $578K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 85% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7.4M.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 0% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 88% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $739K in 2024, the largest being $426K to Northwoodcare Halifax Incorporated. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.2M in 2020 to $8.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The organization coordinates all northwood group annual major fundraising events and programs. The fundraising events and programs provide proceeds to purchase items such resident room furniture enhance building facilities and offer adult day care programs. Recipients of these benefits are clients who require continuing care due to age or other infirmities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.5M | $578K | $16K | $465K | — | $10.5M |
| 2023 | $888K | $752K | $15K | $417K | $304K | $3.3M |
| 2022 | $1M | $1M | — | $374K | $612K | $3.5M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $796K | — | $413K | $359K | $3.1M |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $22K | — | $782K | $2.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $739K to 4 qualified donees:
Received $7.4M from 10 charities:
- Northwood Support Services Incorporated$7.2M
- The Christina and Hedley G. Ivany Charitable Foundation$100K
- Friends of Ivy Meadows Residents Society$89K
- The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society$23K
- Colin and Belle MacDonald Charitable Foundation$13K
- Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia$11K
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- Rock Church Christian Association$1,000
- Grace United Church$400
- Canadahelps Canadon$288
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$250K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gavin Stuttard (chair); Michael Sherar (vice-chair); Janet Simm (secretary); Reinhard Jerabek (treasurer); Barbara Hall (governor); Roberto Menendez (governor); Vicki Black (governor); Lois Block (governor); Jerome Grady (governor); Denise Stevens (governor).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Northwoodcare Group Incorporated’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 844795088RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.