R. C. MacGILLIVRAY GUEST HOME SOCIETY
Publicly funded institution · Sydney, Nova Scotia · BN 119110542RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($11,459,984) as filed with the CRA.
R. C. MacGILLIVRAY GUEST HOME SOCIETY is a charitable organization based in Sydney, 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 $11.6M in revenue and $11.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $22K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 80 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $100K in 2024, the largest being $100K to R.C. MacGillivray Guest Home Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $7.7M in 2020 to $11.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Operates a long term care nursing home. The long term care facility allows people to donate memorials on behalf of people who are deceased. At times gives financial support to the r.c. Macgillivray guest home foundation a registered charity.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11.6M | $11.5M | $10.8M | — | $100K | $2.4M |
| 2023 | $9.1M | $9M | $8.3M | — | $200K | $2.3M |
| 2022 | $8M | $7.8M | $7.2M | — | $100K | $2.3M |
| 2021 | $7.9M | $8M | $7.3M | — | $300K | $2.1M |
| 2020 | $7.7M | $7.6M | $7.2M | — | — | $2.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $100K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $22K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions80
- Total compensation, all staff$9.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rick Farmer (director); Frank Howell (director/board chair); Michelle Millburn (director/treasurer); Patricia Fricker-Bates (director/vice chair); Brian Beaton (director); Mary Frances Macintyre (director); Vince Maclean (director); Ann Young (director/secretary); Jody Gentile (director); Sylvie Gerbasi (director); Sheila Prendergast (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from R. C. MacGILLIVRAY GUEST HOME SOCIETY’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119110542RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.