ST. Mary's River Association
Publicly funded institution · Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia · BN 891450975RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($196,032) as filed with the CRA.
ST. Mary's River Association is a charitable organization based in Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $196K in revenue and $196K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 77% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,933.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 92% of that peer group.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $402K in 2020 to $196K in 2024.
In its own words
We promote salmon conservation and stewardship of the St. Mary's River. We carry out a river restoration project to improve salmon habitat and conduct salmon assessments. We provide public education through the St. Mary's River Association Interpretive Centre in the form of interpretive displays and educational presentations and field days.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $196K | $196K | $155K | $347 | — | $238K |
| 2023 | $122K | $185K | $142K | $261 | — | $238K |
| 2022 | $446K | $291K | $261K | — | — | $472K |
| 2021 | $805K | $729K | $692K | — | $0 | $309K |
| 2020 | $402K | $427K | $369K | — | — | $229K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,933 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$30K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from ST. Mary's River Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891450975RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.