Tearmann Society for Abused Women
Publicly funded institution · New Glasgow, Nova Scotia · BN 119258671RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,194,289) as filed with the CRA.
Tearmann Society for Abused Women 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 $1.2M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 40% from donations, 53% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $101K.
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 93% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 84% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $630K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
The Tearmann Society for Abused Women provides shelter support information counselling and advocacy for abused women and their children. Program include outreach group/personal counselling and public education for community groups and schools.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1.2M | $12K | — | $724K |
| 2023 | $930K | — | — | — | — | $748K |
| 2022 | $903K | $882K | $882K | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $901K | $774K | $773K | $519 | — | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $630K | $673K | — | $5,961 | — | $536K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $101K from 13 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$53K
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$25K
- The Lorraine MacDonald Family Foundation$6,000
- Cut Foundation$6,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,793
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$1,415
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$777
- ST. George's Presbyterian Church$400
- Lyons Brook United Church$176
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$119
- United Way of Colchester County$117
- United Way of Cape Breton County$42
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$806K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rayann Toner (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Tearmann Society for Abused Women’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119258671RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.