Transition House Foundation
Public foundation · Sydney, Nova Scotia · BN 892092172RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($89,705) as filed with the CRA.
Transition House Foundation is a public foundation based in Sydney, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $97K in revenue and $90K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from donations. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $56K.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $52K in 2024, the largest being $52K to Transition House. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
To provide support to the transition house
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $97K | $90K | $4,976 | $26K | $52K | $148K |
| 2023 | $107K | $62K | $4,423 | $12K | $45K | $140K |
| 2022 | $85K | $113K | $7,391 | — | $81K | $96K |
| 2021 | $76K | $97K | $9,260 | — | $79K | $124K |
| 2020 | $82K | $80K | $4,891 | $10K | $46K | $144K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $52K to 1 qualified donee:
- Transition House$52K
Received $56K from 10 charities:
- Women's Shelters Canada$25K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$7,140
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$7,070
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,389
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$5,000
- RBC Foundation$2,500
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$2,365
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,068
- Until We Meet Again - A Caring Network$450
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$260
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$7,038
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kim Cheetham (board president); Lynn Crawford (board member); Christine Murray (secretary); Sara Jodi McDavid (executive director); Tara Borden (board treasurer); Laura Syms (board member); Jenn Martin (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Transition House Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892092172RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.