People First Nova Scotia Society (pfns)
Publicly funded institution · New Glasgow, Nova Scotia · BN 891886442RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($206,334) as filed with the CRA.
People First Nova Scotia Society (pfns) is a charitable organization based in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $215K in revenue and $206K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 89% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $240.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $93K in 2020 to $215K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
People first nova scotia provides support and services to allow people intellectual to live independently in the community
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $215K | $206K | $188K | — | — | $13K |
| 2023 | $192K | $200K | $182K | — | — | $5,788 |
| 2022 | — | — | $151K | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $83K | $75K | $64K | — | — | $7,431 |
| 2020 | $93K | $92K | $79K | — | — | -$458 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $240 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$104K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cahrlie Lemon (president); Noel Smith (director); Donnie Maclean (director); Amy Rodrigues (director); Megan Negus (secretary); Donna Cox (director); Simon Snyder (director); Jeanne Whidden (vice president); Calvin Wood (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from People First Nova Scotia Society (pfns)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891886442RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.