Single Parent Association of Newfoundland
Charitable organization · ST. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador · BN 891386161RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($714,057) as filed with the CRA.
Single Parent Association of Newfoundland is a charitable organization based in ST. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $827K in revenue and $714K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 35% from donations, 48% from government, 14% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $287K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 61% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 79% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Single parent association of newfoundland's (span) first and core service is to link single parents to professionals and agencies with which span has established a liaison for assistance in areas such as legal medical and financial. Ongoing programs include: (I) free food and clothing outlet - free donated clothes are available to anyone in need and food hampers are prepared monthly for single parents; (ii) single parent employment support program (sesp) - provide support such as financial skills job search and confidence building and other forms of support to unemployed single parents in …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $827K | $714K | $656K | $3,863 | — | $858K |
| 2023 | $756K | $637K | $607K | $17K | — | $745K |
| 2022 | $648K | $523K | $520K | — | — | $627K |
| 2021 | $745K | $528K | $528K | — | — | $502K |
| 2020 | $553K | — | $499K | $182 | — | $284K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $287K from 13 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$100K
- Canadahelps Canadon$100K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$46K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$19K
- United Way of Newfoundland and Labrador Inc.$11K
- ClanMac Foundation$5,000
- Teamsters Canada Foundation Fondation Teamsters Canada$2,500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,000
- The Terra Nova Charitable Foundation$1,500
- The R.D. Pippy Family Foundation$1,500
- Spark Potential Canada$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$107
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation-$2,743
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
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$427K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andrew Macdonald (director); Brian Murray (director); Cathy Green (director); Lavina Stacey (director); Leslie Cavanagh (director); Nakita Ryan (director); Shawn Patten (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Single Parent Association of Newfoundland’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891386161RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.