Society for the Rehabilitation of Alcoholics
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 886403195RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($550,540) as filed with the CRA.
Society for the Rehabilitation of Alcoholics is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 $571K in revenue and $551K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $16K.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $292K in 2020 to $571K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Life skills budgeting recovery management strategies peer support safe housing environment
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $571K | $551K | $453K | $1,621 | — | $380K |
| 2023 | $566K | $513K | $434K | $2,668 | — | $491K |
| 2022 | $503K | $457K | $391K | — | — | $426K |
| 2021 | $337K | $291K | $254K | — | $2,500 | $204K |
| 2020 | $292K | $284K | $247K | — | — | $462K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $16K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$419K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Walter Yeadon (chair); James Macgowan (director); Michael Smith (director); Allan Mason (director); Michael Handley (secretary); Mario Rolie (director); Darren Smith (director); Scott Martin (director); Mary Woodill (director); Ian Bascetta (director); Lisa McIntosh (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Society for the Rehabilitation of Alcoholics’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886403195RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.