The Marguerite Centre Society of Nova Scotia
Publicly funded institution · Lakeside, Nova Scotia · BN 892072315RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($669,549) as filed with the CRA.
The Marguerite Centre Society of Nova Scotia is a charitable organization based in Lakeside, 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 $610K in revenue and $670K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from donations, 56% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $95K.
Compared with 739 health 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 positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The marguerite centre is a 11 bed long-term residential facility for women in recovery from addictions and abuse. The marguerite centre believes in the right for women to recover from their addictions in a safe residential setting where their unique needs will be met their issues addressed and their voices heard. Our women-centered holistic approach to programming empowers women to create their own path to healing and recovery located in halifax regional municipality the centre is staffed 24 hours a day. It is the only facility of its kind for women in nova scotia the society also pr…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $610K | $670K | $421K | — | — | $362K |
| 2023 | $523K | $613K | $410K | — | — | $421K |
| 2022 | $530K | $506K | $362K | — | — | $511K |
| 2021 | $519K | $472K | $305K | — | — | $487K |
| 2020 | $500K | $439K | $321K | — | — | $439K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $95K from 15 charities:
- Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia$56K
- A Dollar A Day Foundation$10K
- Flemming Charitable Foundation$7,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,751
- The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society$4,500
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$4,104
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$3,263
- Vancouver Foundation$1,350
- Sisters of Charity - Caritas Retirement Centre$677
- The Georgina Foundation$500
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$260
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$78
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$25
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
- Congregation of Notre Dame Visitation Province Inc.—
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
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$473K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tracy McNamara (chair); Abha Romkey (vice chair); Nicole Collier (director); Mallory Adams (director); Marybeth Gromack (director); Angela Green (director); Joni Robichaud (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Marguerite Centre Society of Nova Scotia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892072315RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.