The Flower Cart
Charitable organization · New Minas, Nova Scotia · BN 107390676RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,960,343) as filed with the CRA.
The Flower Cart is a charitable organization based in New Minas, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $3.6M in revenue and $3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 41% from government. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $21K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 95% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 86% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 22 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Provide group and individual training and counseling. Provide a day program of in house and community recreation activities. Create outreach and community employment programs as well as run in house social enterprises to provide employment opportunities in the community. All programs are targeted to adults considered to have an intellectual disability or other complex barriers to employment
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.6M | $3M | $3M | $283 | — | $1.9M |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.7M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $2.7M | $2.6M | $2.6M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $3.1M | $2.2M | $2.2M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $3.5M | $3.2M | $2.9M | $0 | $0 | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $21K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions22
- Total compensation, all staff$2.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ramona Jennex (board chair); Holly Thompson (treasurer/vice chair); Mandeep Panesar (director); Liza Myers (secretary); Phillip Warren (director); Peter Kiefl (director); Lydia Ledzinsky (director); Joeseph Gillis (director); Kelcy Benedict (director); James Roy (director); Dale Gruchy (director); Michaela D'Intino (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Flower Cart’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107390676RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.