Rainbow Refugee Association of Nova Scotia
Charitable organization · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 800529935RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($332,931) as filed with the CRA.
Rainbow Refugee Association of Nova Scotia is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $299K in revenue and $333K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 41% from government, 40% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $105K.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Settlement Support: We provide direct settlement support 1 on 1 support and systems navigation to government assisted refugees privately sponsored refugees and refugee claimants who are LGTBQI+ identified and living in Nova Scotia. This includes assistance with finding housing accessing employment and education navigating the health care and mental health systems building community connections and more. This support is geared towards ensuring that LGBTQI+ newcomers feel safe welcome and included in Nova Scotia and Canada. This is assisted through a group of ~10-30 volunteers who assis…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2024–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $299K | $333K | $318K | — | — | $194K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $105K from 9 charities:
- The 519 Church Street Community Centre$40K
- The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society$30K
- Cole Harbour Woodside United Church$12K
- William L. Pearman Charitable Foundation$7,500
- The Trustee Board of the Presbyterian Church in Canada$7,500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$5,006
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,553
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,326
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$50
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
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$201K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kyle DeYoung (treasurer); Ahrthyh Arumugam (director); David Gosine (president); Kathleen Walker (director); Olga Vigil Letang (secretary); David Smith (director); Kaitlin Miles (director); Rae Paul (director); Mario Mazraany (director); Brie Rehbein (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Rainbow Refugee Association of Nova Scotia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 800529935RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.