Wolfville l'Arche Homefires Society
Publicly funded institution · Wolfville, Nova Scotia · BN 108219106RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,492,870) as filed with the CRA.
Wolfville l'Arche Homefires Society is a charitable organization based in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 $4.4M in revenue and $4.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $149K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 69% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 92% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 47 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
To provide homes day programs and work placements for adults with disabilities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.4M | $4.5M | $4.2M | $444 | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $4.5M | $4.3M | $4M | $0 | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $3.6M | $3.8M | $3.5M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $3.6M | $3.7M | $3.4M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $3.5M | $3.5M | $3.2M | — | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $149K from 11 charities:
- The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society$72K
- Harrison McCain Foundation$51K
- The Rotary Clubs of Kings County Charitable Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,605
- Aqueduct Foundation$4,000
- BenefAction Foundation$2,500
- Avonport United Baptist Church$500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$368
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$280
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$50
- Freeport United Baptist Church$50
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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions47
- Total compensation, all staff$3.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Leah Tucker (member at large); Jocelyne Dumaresq (treasurer); Erin Hennessy (president); Ginette Goulet (secretary); James Sandford (member at large); Mary MacVicar (member at large); Plamen Petkov (member at larger); John McNeil (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Wolfville l'Arche Homefires Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108219106RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.