Sherbrooke Opportunities Society
Publicly funded institution · Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia · BN 829020809RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($97,453) as filed with the CRA.
Sherbrooke Opportunities Society is a charitable organization based in Sherbrooke, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $88K in revenue and $97K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 78% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $625.
Compared with 163 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $31K in 2020 to $88K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Adult day programs for with diverse abilities. All attendees are post school age and require ongoing support and training to manage daily processes. The charity has a volunteer board that overseas and assists with daily operations and management of three full time staff. Staff are required to meet the goals and objectives set out by the organization
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $88K | $97K | $6,010 | — | — | -$11K |
| 2023 | $113K | $113K | $6,394 | — | — | $5,179 |
| 2022 | $101K | $113K | — | $17K | — | -$1,187 |
| 2021 | $191K | $118K | $36K | $9,435 | — | $7,494 |
| 2020 | $31K | $27K | $7,803 | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $625 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$73K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Keith Gallant (president); Kimberley Horton (vice-president); Lisa Macdonald (secretary); Ruby Watson (treasurer); Helen Gallant (director); Lynda Clark (director); Austin Chambers (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sherbrooke Opportunities Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 829020809RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.