The Elizabeth Fry Society of Cape Breton
Publicly funded institution · Sydney, Nova Scotia · BN 107294498RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,020,631) as filed with the CRA.
The Elizabeth Fry Society of Cape Breton is a charitable organization based in Sydney, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $2M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from government, 13% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $79K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 94% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $671K in 2020 to $2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Self esteem women for change domestic violence 1 & 2 empowered personal boundaries female teen intervation conflict management prison visits bail verification & supervision court support satelite apartment program healthy relationships one thing for everything: recovery program its my life human trafficking program human trafficking bed bail beds special needs axis point & record of suspension.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $2M | $2M | — | $6,659 | $99K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1M | — | — | $86K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $946K | — | $118 | $76K |
| 2021 | $901K | — | $648K | — | — | $76K |
| 2020 | $671K | — | $176K | — | — | $31K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $79K from 4 charities:
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
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,99913 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Blair Kasouf (director); Alison Aho-Paul (president); Demetri Kachafanas (treasurer); Michelle Smith (vice president); Jessie Macdonald (vice president); Cassandra Lilley (secretary); Armond Paul (director); Paula Marshall (director); Christa Mackinnon (director); Shannon Mason (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Elizabeth Fry Society of Cape Breton’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107294498RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.