Ward 5 Neighborhood Centre
Charitable organization · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 119288470RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($394,446) as filed with the CRA.
Ward 5 Neighborhood Centre is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $385K in revenue and $394K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 20% from government, 11% from other charities. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $256K.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Various programs involving children families and seniors.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $385K | $394K | $158K | $1,808 | — | $60K |
| 2023 | $464K | $359K | $106K | — | — | $70K |
| 2022 | $315K | $379K | $109K | — | — | -$34K |
| 2021 | $339K | $316K | $95K | — | — | $15K |
| 2020 | $338K | $365K | $65K | $3,001 | — | -$7,100 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $256K from 14 charities:
- The Windsor Foundation$120K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$41K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$25K
- The Christina and Hedley G. Ivany Charitable Foundation$20K
- Halifax Protestant Infants Foundation$16K
- The George W. Wilson and Teresa Madelyn (merriam) Wilson Foundation$15K
- Halifax Youth Foundation$10K
- Black Family Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,601
- First Baptist Church$1,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$621
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$360
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$260
- Sisters of Charity - Caritas Retirement Centre$153
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$208K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bob Barnes (board member); Peggy Regimbal (secretary); Laura Clarke (board chair); Opal Britain (board member); Christina Carter (treasurer); Laura Mackenzie (board member); Devon Bundy (board member); Laura Carmichael (board member); Christopher Gaberial (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ward 5 Neighborhood Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119288470RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.