Summer Street Industries Society
Publicly funded institution · New Glasgow, Nova Scotia · BN 108050287RR0002 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,142,887) as filed with the CRA.
Summer Street Industries Society is a charitable organization based in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $2.9M in revenue and $3.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 73% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8,000.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 96% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 28 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $40K in 2024, the largest being $40K to Highland Community Residential Services. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Creation and delivery of vocational services personal development services employment services wellness services and literacy programs for people with intellectual disability.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.9M | $3.1M | $3.1M | — | $40K | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $3M | — | — | — | $2.3M |
| 2022 | $2.9M | $3M | $2.8M | — | — | $2.6M |
| 2021 | $2.9M | $2.3M | $2.2M | $0 | $0 | $2.7M |
| 2020 | $2.7M | $2.6M | $2.5M | — | — | $2.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $40K to 1 qualified donee:
- Highland Community Residential Services$40K
Received $8,000 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,99921 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions28
- Total compensation, all staff$2.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Howard Keith Appleton (president); Kyle Power (secretary/treasurer); Kelly Lalande (director); Victoria Gouthro (director); Carly Maccuspic (director); Tracy Taylor (director); Christine Williams (vice president); Dawn Munroe (director); Paul Macleod (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Summer Street Industries Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108050287RR0002), or read how we compute the receipt.