The Sunset Community Incorporated
Publicly funded institution · Pugwash, Nova Scotia · BN 108052507RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($14,228,542) as filed with the CRA.
The Sunset Community Incorporated is a charitable organization based in Pugwash, 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 $14.7M in revenue and $14.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,048.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 158 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
To provide adult residential care services. Donations are used to purchase equipment and fund expenditures which are not paid by the department of community services
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14.7M | $14.2M | $11.8M | $4,415 | — | $4.2M |
| 2023 | $14M | $12.8M | $10.6M | $3,965 | — | $3.8M |
| 2022 | $12.8M | $12.9M | $10.8M | $2,913 | — | $2.5M |
| 2021 | $13.7M | $13.8M | $11.3M | $4,720 | — | $2.8M |
| 2020 | $11.1M | $11.9M | $9.8M | $3,395 | — | $3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,048 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,048
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions158
- Total compensation, all staff$11M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jennifer Houghtaling (chair); Rodney Gilroy (director); Kathy Remond (director); Jane McPherson (vice-chair); Elizabeth Clarke (director); Gordon Johnson (director); Alan Webb (treasurer); Robert Barns (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Sunset Community Incorporated’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108052507RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.