The North Grove Society
Charitable organization · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 140914755RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,473,424) as filed with the CRA.
The North Grove Society is a charitable organization based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $2.7M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 42% from government, 36% from other charities. In 2024, 24 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.1M.
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 37% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 88% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 37 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.6M in 2020 to $2.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
A community hub located in one of halifax's most challenged communities that operates a family centre and a community food centre offering programs to people to learn and connect through family support food and friendship.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.7M | $2.5M | $2M | $227K | — | $783K |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.6M | $210K | — | $545K |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.5M | $150K | — | $598K |
| 2021 | $2.1M | $1.8M | $1.5M | $142K | — | $559K |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.7M | $1.5M | $86K | — | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.1M from 24 charities:
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$389K
- Right To Food$291K
- Canadahelps Canadon$144K
- Canadahelps Canadon$144K
- The Windsor Foundation$70K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$15K
- Halifax Youth Foundation$11K
- Conam Charitable Foundation$10K
- Flemming Charitable Foundation$10K
- Foundation 2020$10K
- The Edwards Family Charitable Foundation$10K
- Kiwanis Club of Dartmouth Charitable Foundation$8,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,348
- Halifax Association for Improving the Conditions of the Poor$5,000
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$3,000
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$2,636
- Mazon Canada$2,500
- The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society$2,000
- Grace United Church$800
- Christian Reformed Church of Halifax$415
- Masonic Foundation of Nova Scotia$400
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$300
- Sisters of Charity Mount Saint Vincent$100
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$87
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions37
- Total compensation, all staff$1.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Doug Townsend (director board chair); Kristine Elliott-Grace (director board treasurer); Sharon Clark (director board secretary); Erin Murphy (director); Shaune Mackinlay (director); Susan Mullin (director); Nevell Provo (director); Jacqueline Ruck (director); Beth Grandy (director); Idy Fashoranti (director); Wendy Fraser (ed ex-offocio).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The North Grove Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140914755RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.