The Gerald Hardy Memorial Society
Publicly funded institution · Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia · BN 895140556RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($250,088) as filed with the CRA.
The Gerald Hardy Memorial Society is a charitable organization based in Sheet Harbour, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $291K in revenue and $250K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 66% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,053.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $186K in 2020 to $291K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Administer the local food bank. Provide activities and job skills for those with physical mental social and development issues.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $291K | $250K | $193K | — | — | $188K |
| 2023 | $244K | $244K | $188K | $261 | — | $168K |
| 2022 | $194K | $204K | $157K | $263 | — | $168K |
| 2021 | $179K | $191K | $158K | — | — | $178K |
| 2020 | $186K | $173K | $142K | — | — | $193K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,053 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$179K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Susan Foote (past chair); Judith Graham (secretary); Susan Hawkley (treasurer); Laura Mansfield (director); Edith Marshall (director); Tara Rutherford (chaie).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Gerald Hardy Memorial Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 895140556RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.