The Association of Black Social Workers
Publicly funded institution · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 871875365RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,689,681) as filed with the CRA.
The Association of Black Social Workers is a charitable organization based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 $1.7M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 25% from donations, 74% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,406.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 18 qualified donees totalling $349K in 2024, the largest being $60K to Boys & Girls Club of Cape Breton. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Bursaries for social work students facilitating group workshops to address various social issues. Youth development initiatives. Covid-19 responses to african nova scotian communities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $804K | — | $490K | $424K |
| 2023 | $1M | $1.6M | — | — | — | $125K |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.4M | — | — | — | $704K |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.7M | — | — | — | $809K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $808K | — | — | — | $485K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $349K to 18 qualified donees:
- Boys & Girls Club of Cape Breton$60K
- Beechville Education Society$45K
- Akoma Family Centre$38K
- Team Work Cooperative Limited$27K
- Vansda$21K
- The Africadian Empowerment Academy Society$21K
- The YMCA of Greater Halifax/dartmouth$18K
- Black Girl Magic Society$16K
- African Nova Scotian Music Association$13K
- Screen Nova Scotia Total$13K
- Boys & Girls Club of East Preston$13K
- Southwest Employment Services Society$11K
- Imhotep Legacy Academy (ILA)$10K
- Future Civics$10K
- Africentric Learning Institute$10K
- African Arts & Education Society$10K
- Upper Hammonds Plains Community Development Assoc.$9,000
- Africville Heritage Trust$5,000
Received $2,406 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$100
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Barbara Roberts (vice-president); Cheyenne Jones (secretary); Charnell Brooks (assistant secretary); Rajean Willis (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Association of Black Social Workers’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 871875365RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.