Viola's Place Society
Publicly funded institution · New Glasgow, Nova Scotia · BN 716970090RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($896,011) as filed with the CRA.
Viola's Place Society is a charitable organization based in New Glasgow, 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 $912K in revenue and $896K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $38K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 84% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (13 positions in that band). The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $217K in 2020 to $912K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Viola's place society runs a 20 bed homeless shelter for homeless men and women as well as providing the basics (food warm clothing hygiene products showers laundry etc.) the shelter has 13 full time employees and 11 part time employees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $912K | $896K | $858K | — | — | $618K |
| 2023 | $194K | $176K | $167K | — | — | $176K |
| 2022 | $483K | $450K | $434K | — | — | $222K |
| 2021 | $220K | $208K | $198K | — | — | $109K |
| 2020 | $217K | $219K | $159K | $140 | — | $97K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $38K from 13 charities:
- The Nick Williams Foundation$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$12K
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$8,900
- West River Presbyterian Church$500
- Pictou United Church$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$275
- Lyons Brook United Church$270
- Springville Presbyterian Church$270
- ST. David's Presbyterian Church$200
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$145
- ST Paul's Presbyterian Church$140
- Scotsburn Pastoral Charge$100
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99913 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$637K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dwayne Wright (president); Pamela Murray (secretary); Robert Parker (director); Carol Hall (treasurer); Nicola Smith (vice president); Sherry Blinkhorn (director); Gloria Donnelly.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Viola's Place Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 716970090RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.