Society of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Nova Scotians
Charitable organization · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 107990608RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($880,548) as filed with the CRA.
Society of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Nova Scotians is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $798K in revenue and $881K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 43% from government, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,457.
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 40% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Sign language interpreting services; resource library; hard of hearing seniors support services community worker support for deaf and hard of hearing people sign language classes communication and alerting devices and information and referral
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $798K | $881K | $737K | — | — | $161K |
| 2023 | $895K | $894K | $755K | — | — | $244K |
| 2022 | $785K | $800K | $686K | — | — | $243K |
| 2021 | $793K | $698K | $593K | — | — | $258K |
| 2020 | $815K | $829K | $701K | — | — | $163K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,457 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
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$675K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bryan Kelloway (chair); Dianne Maclean (vice chair); Moragh Ferguson (director); Daniel Riley (director); Jim McDermott (director); Elizabeth Doull; Reg Dunphy (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Society of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Nova Scotians’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107990608RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.