Veterans Emergency Transition Services Canada
Publicly funded institution · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 828604041RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,074,441) as filed with the CRA.
Veterans Emergency Transition Services Canada 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 $1.1M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations, 65% from government, 10% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $334K.
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 72% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
V.e.t.s. Provides aid and comfort to transient and homeless canadian veterans by providing the essentials in emergencies and assisting those at risk
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $2.1M | $2M | — | — | $167K |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.7M | $1.6M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $1M | $1M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $977K | $684K | $635K | — | — | $466K |
| 2020 | $986K | $952K | $897K | — | $8,952 | $173K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $334K from 15 charities:
- The International Knightly Order of St. George Foundation$107K
- Hockey Helps the Homeless/hockey Aide les Sans-Abri$75K
- Canadahelps Canadon$68K
- Canadahelps Canadon$68K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$6,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2,766
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,483
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$1,000
- Elizabeth Park Protestant Chapel$900
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$677
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$600
- United Way of Kingston Frontenac Lennox & Addington$143
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$84
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$56
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
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$458K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Debbie Lowther (chair); Chris Moore (director); Eric Payne (director); Shawn Hambley (director); Kelly Williamson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Veterans Emergency Transition Services Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 828604041RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.