Spencer House Seniors Centre
Charitable organization · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 119159374RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($720,047) as filed with the CRA.
Spencer House Seniors Centre is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $805K in revenue and $720K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 14% from government, 56% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $61K.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 89% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $172K in 2020 to $805K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Spencer house offers programs that assist seniors to remain active and independent in the community. These programs include hot lunch program information and referral services wellness clinics recreational programs (bingo crafts outings cards) special events computer workshops and outreach services.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $805K | $720K | $710K | — | — | $485K |
| 2023 | $384K | $310K | $301K | — | — | $400K |
| 2022 | $282K | $258K | $249K | — | — | $350K |
| 2021 | $400K | $184K | $174K | $2,094 | — | $329K |
| 2020 | $172K | $148K | $137K | — | — | $112K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $61K from 9 charities:
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$21K
- The Medavie Foundation Inc.$20K
- HelpAge Canada$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,296
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$2,500
- Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia$1,991
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,031
- The Spatz Foundation$1,022
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$145
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$391K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ward Skinner (treasurer); Mark Dewolf (secretary); Judith Bonnell (director); Maureen Donovan (chair); Matt Gallant (director); Glenn Amirault (director); Adrian Mason (director); Amber Maclean (director); Judith Bonnell (director); Gavin Giles (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Spencer House Seniors Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119159374RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.