South Shore Transition House Association
Publicly funded institution · Bridgewater, Nova Scotia · BN 119158525RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($960,595) as filed with the CRA.
South Shore Transition House Association is a charitable organization based in Bridgewater, 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 $983K in revenue and $961K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 76% from government, 16% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $307K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 86% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Provide emergency shelter and counselling to assist women and children who seek safety from violence. Provide outreach services support groups advocacy referrals public education and teen outreach to south shore high schools. Maintain a 24-hour support line.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $983K | $961K | $649K | $1,856 | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $943K | $857K | $652K | $886 | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $795K | $729K | $572K | $1,086 | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $891K | $731K | $606K | $1,283 | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $809K | $762K | $641K | $3,468 | — | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $307K from 11 charities:
- Transition House Association of Nova Scotia$224K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$31K
- Aqueduct Foundation$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$10K
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$5,000
- Women's Shelters Canada$5,000
- RBC Foundation$2,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,817
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$1,610
- Parish of ST. James' Church$1,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$107
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$716K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sarah Ravlic (director); Lauren Unsworth (director); Nina Zhang (director); Karley Hewitt (chair); Michelle Vaughan (director); Michelle Macrae (director); Tiffany Pope (director); Tracey Sayer (director); Joanne Cooper (director); Jean Beaton (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from South Shore Transition House Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119158525RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.