Queens Association for Supported Living
Publicly funded institution · Milton, Nova Scotia · BN 118828979RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,300,823) as filed with the CRA.
Queens Association for Supported Living is a charitable organization based in Milton, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 $5.8M in revenue and $5.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $21K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 42 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.6M in 2020 to $5.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
A. Penny lane enterprises – day program for adults with disabilities including 1) life skills 2) vocational training; 3) community based employment b. Residential services – operates four licensed development homes and one supported apartment c. Riverbank general store – operated by staff & clients of penny lane enterprises. It is an extension of the day program and provides skills training
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.8M | $5.3M | $4.8M | — | — | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $4.6M | $4.4M | $4M | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $4.6M | $4.5M | $3.9M | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $3.8M | $3.5M | $3.1M | $300 | — | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $3.6M | $3.5M | $3M | $5,276 | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $21K from 3 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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions42
- Total compensation, all staff$4.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Cook (secretary); Donna Murray (chair); Paula Doucet (director); Kevin Page (director); Roslyn Byrne (treasurer); Nicholas Lenco (vice chair); Kimberly Pietraszak (director); Margaret Elaine Russell (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Queens Association for Supported Living’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118828979RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.