SHYFT Youth Services Society
Publicly funded institution · Yarmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 833912116RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($723,201) as filed with the CRA.
SHYFT Youth Services Society is a charitable organization based in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $794K in revenue and $723K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 85% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $73K.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 20 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $441K in 2020 to $794K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Youth homeless shelter youth outreach program
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $794K | $723K | — | — | — | $253K |
| 2023 | $629K | $576K | $472K | $2,694 | — | $300K |
| 2022 | $457K | $469K | $368K | $3,465 | — | $271K |
| 2021 | $448K | $495K | $416K | $3,038 | — | $28K |
| 2020 | $441K | $408K | $347K | — | — | $131K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $73K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions20
- Total compensation, all staff$584K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ann Jones (treasurer); Suzanne Guy (secretary); Anne Sweeney (president); Andrea McInnis (vice-president); Elissa Guy (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from SHYFT Youth Services Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 833912116RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.