Rowan's Room Developmental Society
Publicly funded institution · Middleton, Nova Scotia · BN 755116290RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2021-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($403,355) as filed with the CRA.
Rowan's Room Developmental Society is a charitable organization based in Middleton, 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 December 31, 2021, it reported $292K in revenue and $403K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations. In 2023, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $490.
Compared with 1,552 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 93% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Providing educational recreational developmental (emotional & behavioral) supports and services and respite for families whose children cannot currently or ever thrive in a traditional setting.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2021
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $292K | $403K | $403K | — | — | -$219K |
| 2020 | $194K | $198K | $198K | — | — | -$108K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $490 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$305K
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2021)
Elizabeth Mason-Squires (executive director); Doug Ralph (co-chair); Janice Buchanan (co-chair); Laura White-Connell (secretary); Barbara McCaughin (treasurer); Lynn Mason (director); Laura DILL (director); Gayle Deveault (director); Odessa Macneil (director); Lexie Misner (director).
As listed on its 2021 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Rowan's Room Developmental Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 755116290RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.