Nova Scotia Sea School Society
Publicly funded institution · Lunenburg, Nova Scotia · BN 896781762RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($387,682) as filed with the CRA.
Nova Scotia Sea School Society is a charitable organization based in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 $387K in revenue and $388K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from donations, 19% from government, 35% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $63K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 91% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
In its own words
Summer seamanship programs for teenagers. Boat building and wilderness eduction programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $387K | $388K | $335K | $492 | — | $51K |
| 2023 | $426K | $412K | $358K | $912 | — | $52K |
| 2022 | $356K | $468K | $407K | $156 | — | $37K |
| 2021 | $400K | $346K | $295K | — | — | $148K |
| 2020 | $295K | $238K | $192K | $895 | — | $92K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $63K from 4 charities:
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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$253K
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 Nova Scotia Sea School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896781762RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.