Second Story Women's Centre
Publicly funded institution · Lunenburg, Nova Scotia · BN 107965261RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($362,407) as filed with the CRA.
Second Story Women's Centre is a charitable organization based in Lunenburg, 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 $434K in revenue and $362K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 73% from government, 12% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $42K.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 87% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Financial trauma informed support counselling accompaniment advocacy social action community events art therapy drumming walking youth workshops drop-in outreach tax preparation counselling for survivors of sexual assault and trafficking support groups grief support groups somatic experiencing as part of counselling providing virtual one on one support and virtual youth workshops and 'camp' etc.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $434K | $362K | $222K | $1,466 | — | $317K |
| 2023 | $431K | $393K | $267K | $4,203 | — | $245K |
| 2022 | $481K | $412K | $331K | $2,050 | — | $207K |
| 2021 | $410K | $351K | $312K | $7,617 | — | $163K |
| 2020 | $334K | $353K | $319K | $7,051 | — | $234K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $42K from 10 charities:
- Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia$18K
- The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society$7,000
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$4,500
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$4,000
- Musique Royale a Treasury of Music From Our Historic Past$3,213
- RBC Foundation$2,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,255
- Parish of ST. James' Church$1,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$294
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$137
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$175K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Leslie Wright (chair of board); Elizabeth Bailey (vice chair of board); Margaret (peggy) Graham (financial officer); Alison Smith (recording secretary); Alexandra Davis (director); Kelly Goudie (director); Carol Smith (director); Dayle Crouse (director); Heather McCallum (director); Claire Burnett (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Second Story Women's Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107965261RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.