The Ark/lunenburg County Association for the Specially Challenged A.k.a. the Ark/lcasc
Publicly funded institution · Bridgewater, Nova Scotia · BN 106721228RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($730,440) as filed with the CRA.
The Ark/lunenburg County Association for the Specially Challenged A.k.a. the Ark/lcasc is a charitable organization based in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under core 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 $897K in revenue and $730K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 85% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $23K.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 94% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The ark/lunenburg county association for the specially challenged a.k.a the ark/lcasc provides a variety of vocational and educational programs for persons with special challenges.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $897K | $730K | $647K | $6 | — | $859K |
| 2023 | $736K | — | $574K | $13 | $641K | $693K |
| 2022 | $658K | $607K | $499K | — | — | $598K |
| 2021 | $641K | $570K | $460K | — | — | $547K |
| 2020 | $650K | $612K | $508K | — | — | $476K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $23K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$575K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John McIntosh (chair); Reginald Stewart Collie (vice-chair); Sandra McNeil (treasurer); Richard Greek (director); Sylvia Longergan (director); Maureen Mossman (director); Melita Hearn (director); Darlene Broome (secretary); Ethel Smith (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Ark/lunenburg County Association for the Specially Challenged A.k.a. the Ark/lcasc’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106721228RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.