Transition House Association of Nova Scotia
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 890227283RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,809,616) as filed with the CRA.
Transition House Association of Nova Scotia is a charitable organization based in Halifax, 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 $3M in revenue and $2.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from government, 6% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $12K.
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 82% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $2M in 2024, the largest being $226K to Leeside Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $281K in 2020 to $3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
For the past 25 years thans has provided research programs services and training for the service providers staff board members and executive directors of its member organizations including but not limited to following modified therapeutic art programs board and database training leadership workshops public education and training forums. Thans represents eleven organizations at thirteen locations in ns that provide crisis and transitional services to women and their children experiencing violence and abuse.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3M | $2.8M | $683K | — | $2M | $502K |
| 2023 | $603K | $622K | $426K | — | $122K | $311K |
| 2022 | $593K | $560K | $511K | — | — | $317K |
| 2021 | $378K | $316K | $271K | — | — | $283K |
| 2020 | $281K | $264K | $220K | — | — | $217K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2M to 10 qualified donees:
- Leeside Society$226K
- Naomi Society$226K
- Cape Breton Transition House Association$224K
- South West Nova Transition House Association$224K
- Cumberland County Transition House Association$224K
- South Shore Transition House Association$224K
- Tearmann Society$223K
- Chrysalis House Association$223K
- Third Place$223K
- Bryony House$457
Received $12K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$316K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dawn Ferris (chair); Bev Walker (director); Lisa Newell-Bain (director); Ginger Macphee (director); Sheri Taylor (director); Nicole Mann (co-chairperson); Jodi McDavid (treasurer); Ryanne Toner (director); Ann De Ste. Croix (ex-officio); Kelly Ann Hamshaw (director); Shelley Shrader-Baines (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Transition House Association of Nova Scotia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890227283RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.