The Stepping Stone Association
Publicly funded institution · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 886056191RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,249,536) as filed with the CRA.
The Stepping Stone Association is a charitable organization based in Dartmouth, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $54K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 2% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $398K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024.
In its own words
STEPPING STONE PROVIDES SUPPORTIVE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR FORMER AND CURRENT SEX WORKERS INCLUDING STREET OUTREACH NON RESIDENTIAL DROP IN CENTRE AND COURT SUPPORT. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PROVIDES REFERRALS TO COMMUNITY PARTNERS. Stepping Stone is presently running a Drop In street outreach Dept of Justice programs through Victims of Crime and a 5 bed Transtitional Housing Project in partnership with DCS
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $247K | — | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $779K | $720K | $442K | — | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $549K | $515K | — | — | — | $138K |
| 2021 | $415K | $332K | — | — | — | $104K |
| 2020 | $398K | $402K | — | — | — | $21K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $54K from 7 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
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Stepping Stone Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886056191RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.