Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers Association
Publicly funded institution · Bedford, Nova Scotia · BN 119063337RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($87,556) as filed with the CRA.
Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers Association is a charitable organization based in Bedford, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $60K in revenue and $88K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations, 71% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $158.
Compared with 163 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 68% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $300 in 2024, the largest being $300 to Feed Nova Scotia Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Crime Stoppers is a cash awards program that helps solve crimes. The program provides conscience-minded citizens with a way to report crimes in their area without having to reveal their identity. Cash awards are an incentive to the public
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $60K | $88K | $84K | $0 | $300 | $124K |
| 2023 | $90K | $78K | $74K | — | — | $159K |
| 2022 | $101K | $85K | $83K | — | — | $149K |
| 2021 | — | $59K | $56K | — | — | $101K |
| 2020 | $80K | $64K | $61K | — | — | $109K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $300 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $158 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John O'Reilly (president); Maureen Kakonyi (director); Amanda Morrisey (director); Stephanie Webber (secretary); Michael Lidstone (police coordinator); Jack Lilly (director); Deanna Spencer (director); Rob Wade (director); Mike Payne (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119063337RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.