Special Olympics Society of Nova Scotia
Charitable organization · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 119159309RR0001 · Complementary or Alternative Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,239,573) as filed with the CRA.
Special Olympics Society of Nova Scotia is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under complementary or alternative health care. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 23% from other charities. In 2024, 22 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $770K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 90% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 22 names.
In its own words
Oversees the operations of 15 organized regional committees. Each region delivers sport programs to mentally challenged people in their own communities. Stages a multi sport provincial summer games every year. Stages a multi sport provincial winter games every second year.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $437K | $251K | — | $2.8M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1M | $328K | $187K | — | $2.6M |
| 2022 | $990K | $590K | $58K | $116K | — | $2.4M |
| 2021 | $969K | $546K | $51K | $53K | — | $2M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1M | $357K | $188K | — | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $770K from 22 charities:
- Special Olympics Canada$442K
- Canadian Special Olympics Foundation$95K
- Canadahelps Canadon$56K
- Canadahelps Canadon$56K
- The New Glasgow Dragon Boat Society$29K
- The Edwards Family Charitable Foundation$15K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$14K
- Inclusion Amherst Society$10K
- The Wadih M. Fares Family Foundation$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$8,000
- Masonic Foundation of Nova Scotia$7,800
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$7,500
- Nova Scotia Knights of Columbus Charitable Foundation$5,300
- Toronto Foundation$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$2,500
- Healthier Tomorrows Individual Giving Program$1,608
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,181
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$826
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$740
- 14 Wing Combined Charities$500
- 14 Wing Combined Charities$500
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
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
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$426K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ana Almeida (director); Tom Anderson (director); Mary Bluechardt (chair); David Boyd (treasurer); Marc Champoux (director); Grahame Coleman (vice chair); Mary Ann Crowley (director); Lorna Flemming (director); Scott Flewelling (director); Andrew Graham (director); Donna Hoar (director); Darryl Johnson (director); Dan Lomas (director); James Macdougall (director); Erin Magee (director-athlete rep); Michael McCarther (past chair); Tara Miller (director); Terry Richardson (director); David Wamboldt (director); Natalie Woodbury (secretary); Crystal Archibald (director); Patrick Carruthers (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Special Olympics Society of Nova Scotia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119159309RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.