Steps on Arthur Foundation
Public foundation · Truro, Nova Scotia · BN 864928999RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($334,246) as filed with the CRA.
Steps on Arthur Foundation is a public foundation based in Truro, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $521K in revenue and $334K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from donations. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $96K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 90% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $260K in 2024, the largest being $260K to Steps on Arthur Society. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $2.2M in 2020 to $521K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The vision of the foundation is to provide an adequate facilitie to support the growing need and to ensure the future viability of steps on arthur society.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $521K | $334K | $67K | $7,025 | $260K | -$67K |
| 2023 | $851K | $1.3M | $55K | $612 | $1.3M | -$255K |
| 2022 | $639K | $3.2M | $47K | — | $3.1M | $222K |
| 2021 | $437K | $1.2M | $33K | — | $1.2M | $2.8M |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $206K | $59K | — | $144K | $3.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $260K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $96K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$39K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Adam Harris (chair); Jim Gould (treasurer); Joanne McRae (vice-chair); Allan Kennedy (vice-chair); Jennifer Auld-Cameron (secretary); Marianne Casey (director); Dave Ritcey (director); Debbie Barnhill (director); Amra Selimovic (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Steps on Arthur Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 864928999RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.