Strongest Families Institute
Publicly funded institution · Bedford, Nova Scotia · BN 842152282RR0001 · Supportive Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,976,705) as filed with the CRA.
Strongest Families Institute is a charitable organization based in Bedford, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. 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 $6.1M in revenue and $6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 78% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $341K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 94 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
To promote health by developing delivering and maintaining online intervention programs aimed at addressing concerns and challenges with the health growth and development of children and youth. To improve the quality of service and teatment to individuals affected with concerns and challenged relative to the health growth and development of children and youth by operating and maintaining specialized software used by professionals for healthcare program delivery. To advance education by providing training programs for professionals involved in the above intervention programs for children…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.1M | $6M | $5.4M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $6M | $6M | $5.5M | — | — | $1M |
| 2022 | $6.3M | $7M | $6.5M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $6.1M | $5.6M | $5M | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $4.6M | $4.5M | $3.2M | — | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $341K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,99973 positions
- $1–39,99914 positions
- Permanent full-time positions94
- Total compensation, all staff$4.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Lovas (director); Patricia Murray (secretary); Robert Hunt (vice chairman); Jen Richard (director); Fae Shaw (director); Kristen Wolfe (director); Elizabeth Snide (treasurer); Cynthia Wagner (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Strongest Families Institute’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 842152282RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.