South Shore Community Service Association
Publicly funded institution · Chester, Nova Scotia · BN 119158459RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,094,839) as filed with the CRA.
South Shore Community Service Association is a charitable organization based in Chester, 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 $6M in revenue and $6.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 82% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $224K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 56 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
South shore community service association provides programs and living arrangements which assist special needs participants to lead independent and productive lives.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6M | $6.1M | $4.4M | $137K | $25K | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $4.9M | $5M | $3.6M | $107K | $25K | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $4.6M | $4.7M | $3.6M | $105K | $25K | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $4.9M | $4.8M | $3.5M | — | $210K | $2M |
| 2020 | $4.6M | $4.6M | $3.5M | — | $46K | $1.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $224K from 9 charities:
- The Windsor Foundation$100K
- Canadahelps Canadon$32K
- Canadahelps Canadon$32K
- The Bruce and Martha Jodrey Foundation$30K
- BenefAction Foundation$20K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,492
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,780
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$675
- Masonic Foundation of Nova Scotia$400
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions56
- Total compensation, all staff$4.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kevin Bezanson (director); John Biebesheimer (chair); Julie Chaisson (director); Catherine Collins (director); Mary Eileen Connell (director); Colleen Fitzgerald (director); Bruce Flinn (vice president); Suzanne Lohnes-Croft (director); Monique Macewan (director); Cy Mayo (treasurer); Barbara Nunn-Porter (executive secretary); David Outhouse (director); Jane Rafuse (director); Bryden Robertson (director); Luke Richardson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from South Shore Community Service Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119158459RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.