Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 119267870RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,751,465) as filed with the CRA.
Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $1.8M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $3,727 in 2024, the largest being $2,500 to Nova Scotia Firefighters Benevolent Fund. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.2M | $202K | — | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.4M | $59K | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $987K | — | — | $2.7M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1.1M | $20K | — | $2.4M |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.4M | $237K | — | $1.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3,727 to 6 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$592K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Simon (secretary/treasurer); Beatrice Stutz (nsthrc chair); Shauna Austin (director); Wayne Carter (director); Kelly Deveaux (director); Sean Doucet (director); Marie Manning (director); Pamela Wallace (director); Leslie Wilson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119267870RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.