Tawaak Housing Association
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 128278322RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,691,362) as filed with the CRA.
Tawaak Housing Association is a charitable organization based in Halifax, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $10.6M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $150.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 85% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.7M in 2020 to $10.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Provides low income housing to aboriginals in nova scotia
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $10.6M | $1.7M | $1.6M | — | — | $10.1M |
| 2023 | $2.8M | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $3.9M | $4.4M | $4.4M | — | — | $328K |
| 2021 | $4.5M | $4.2M | $3.9M | — | — | $762K |
| 2020 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.4M | — | — | $489K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $150 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$402K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2022)
Heather McNeil (director); Sidney Peters (director); Graham Marshall (director).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Tawaak Housing Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 128278322RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.