Pathways To Employment Society
Publicly funded institution · Sydney, Nova Scotia · BN 897638623RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,093,060) as filed with the CRA.
Pathways To Employment Society is a charitable organization based in Sydney, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $111K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (9 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The society is a non-profit organization with the primary objective of providing high-quality training programs and supported employment opportunities to assist individuals living with mental ilness find and maintain employment.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $836K | — | — | $166K |
| 2023 | $1M | $1.1M | $814K | — | — | $133K |
| 2022 | $987K | $1M | $782K | — | — | $146K |
| 2021 | $792K | $771K | $594K | — | — | $173K |
| 2020 | $983K | $973K | $729K | — | — | $152K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $111K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$802K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Linda Parris (director); Alex Paul (vice-chair); Mike Target (director); Paige Westbury (director); Bob Munroe (director); Rebecca Macdonald (director); Natalie Paris (director); Erin Arsenault (director); Shane Macsween (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pathways To Employment Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897638623RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.