RAINBOW REFUGEE ASSOCIATION OF NOVA SCOTIA
Charitable organizationCommunity resource·302 - 6277 YOUNG ST · HALIFAX, NS · B3L 1Z9·BN 800529935RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Settlement Support: We provide direct settlement support 1 on 1 support and systems navigation to government assisted refugees privately sponsored refugees and refugee claimants who are LGTBQI+ identified and living in Nova Scotia. This includes assistance with finding housing accessing employment and education navigating the health care and mental health systems building community connections and more. This support is geared towards ensuring that LGBTQI+ newcomers feel safe welcome and included in Nova Scotia and Canada. This is assisted through a group of ~10-30 volunteers who assis… Show more
Settlement Support: We provide direct settlement support 1 on 1 support and systems navigation to government assisted refugees privately sponsored refugees and refugee claimants who are LGTBQI+ identified and living in Nova Scotia. This includes assistance with finding housing accessing employment and education navigating the health care and mental health systems building community connections and more. This support is geared towards ensuring that LGBTQI+ newcomers feel safe welcome and included in Nova Scotia and Canada. This is assisted through a group of ~10-30 volunteers who assist with settlement work and supporting connections to local communities. Sponsorship: During this time we had 4 new LGBTQI+ refugees arrive in Canada that were privately sponsored by Rainbow Refugee Association of Nova Scotia. We provided settlement support as listed above to these individuals as well as increased support to assist them with resettling to life in Canada. Education and Awareness: During this time RRANS staff members worked to create a series of materials and assets aimed at providing education and support to three key audiences to improve capacity for supporting LGBTQI+ newcomers. This included creating a set of brochures translated into five languages aimed at providing LGBTQI+ with systems navigation knowledge and education when they arrive in Canada; a toolkit for non-settlement service providers to better support LGBTQI+ newcomers and meet their needs.
New programs
Settlement Support: We provide direct settlement support 1 on 1 support and systems navigation to government assisted refugees privately sponsored refugees and refugee claimants who are LGTBQI+ identified and living in Nova Scotia. This includes assistance with finding housing accessing employment and education navigating the health care and mental health systems building community connections and more. This support is geared towards ensuring that LGBTQI+ newcomers feel safe welcome and included in Nova Scotia and Canada. This is assisted through a group of ~10-30 volunteers who assis… Show more
Settlement Support: We provide direct settlement support 1 on 1 support and systems navigation to government assisted refugees privately sponsored refugees and refugee claimants who are LGTBQI+ identified and living in Nova Scotia. This includes assistance with finding housing accessing employment and education navigating the health care and mental health systems building community connections and more. This support is geared towards ensuring that LGBTQI+ newcomers feel safe welcome and included in Nova Scotia and Canada. This is assisted through a group of ~10-30 volunteers who assist with settlement work and supporting connections to local communities. Sponsorship: During this time we had 4 new LGBTQI+ refugees arrive in Canada that were privately sponsored by Rainbow Refugee Association of Nova Scotia. We provided settlement support as listed above to these individuals as well as increased support to assist them with resettling to life in Canada. Education and Awareness: During this time RRANS staff members worked to create a series of materials and assets aimed at providing education and support to three key audiences to improve capacity for supporting LGBTQI+ newcomers. This included creating a set of brochures translated into five languages aimed at providing LGBTQI+ with systems navigation knowledge and education when they arrive in Canada; a toolkit for non-settlement service providers to better support LGBTQI+ newcomers and meet their needs.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure.
Cents to cause
T1 · computed (open data)96¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 96¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)4%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)0.8 yr
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$299K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)10%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)41%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 618 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
Board of directors
11 directors reported · 11 of 11at arm's length
- DeYoung, Kyle MJTreasurerarm's length
- Arumugam, AhrthyhDirectorarm's length
- Gosine, David FDPresidentarm's length
- Walker, Kathleen VDirectorarm's length
- Vigil Letang, Olga MSecretaryarm's length
- Smith, David WADirectorarm's length
- Miles, Kaitlin ZDirectorarm's length
- Bilodeau, Carol-AnnDirectorarm's length
- Paul, Rae RDirectorarm's length
- Mazraany, Mario MDirectorarm's length
- Rehbein, BrieVice Presidentarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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