Saint Leonard's Society of Nova Scotia
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 108027590RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,708,035) as filed with the CRA.
Saint Leonard's Society of Nova Scotia is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $8.5M in revenue and $7.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 73% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 28 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4.8M.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 87% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 84 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $5.2M in 2020 to $8.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
-2 emergemcy shelters that serve men and women experiencing homelessness - a supportive housing program for men and women moving from shelter living to community living - an apartment complex for men transitioning out of shelter life - an affordable supportive living environment dedicated to individuals who have experienced chronic homelessness and who have a long history of alcohol dependency - a community trustee program for individuals in the community -2 community residential facilities that help men and women make the change from correctional facilities to community living
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.5M | $7.7M | $6.4M | $21K | — | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $6.9M | $7M | $5.8M | $19K | — | $67.5M |
| 2022 | $5.7M | $5.8M | $4.7M | $20K | — | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $5.6M | $5.2M | $4.2M | $51K | — | $2M |
| 2020 | $5.2M | $5.2M | $4.3M | $31K | — | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4.8M from 28 charities:
- J and W Murphy Foundation$4.2M
- Canadahelps Canadon$171K
- Canadahelps Canadon$171K
- J and W Murphy Foundation$105K
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$35K
- Aqueduct Foundation$25K
- Black Family Foundation$18K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$16K
- Masonic Foundation of Nova Scotia$15K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$14K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$11K
- BenefAction Foundation$8,500
- Congregation of the Cathedral Church of All Saints Halifax$6,800
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$5,000
- GJM Charitable Foundation$3,500
- Vancouver Foundation$2,700
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$2,365
- First Baptist Church$1,528
- Birch Cove Baptist Church Limited$600
- Bethany United Church$600
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$515
- Christian Reformed Church of Halifax$410
- Sisters of Charity - Caritas Retirement Centre$351
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$340
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$100
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
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions84
- Total compensation, all staff$5.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dennis Young (member at large); Jeremy Jackson (member at large); Deborah Page (member at large); Jamie O'Neill (past chair); Lynn Hartwell (chair); Kathy Gillis (vice chair); David Boon (member at large); Margot Cameron (member at large); Martin Herschorn (member at large); Megan Campbell (member at large); Rosemary Landry (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Saint Leonard's Society of Nova Scotia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108027590RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.