Nova Scotia · Registered charity
SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY SERVICE ASSOCIATION
SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY SERVICE ASSOCIATION (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 18 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$1,081,858 to it, the largest being J and W Murphy Foundation (C$280,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY SERVICE ASSOCIATION's funding base is broadening — from 4 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,748 organizations relieving poverty nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- United Way of Lunenburg Countylocalportfolio match
- Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotiashared fundersportfolio match
- Lunenburg Fishermen's Foundation Inc.local
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 78% · 2018 78% · 2019 78% · 2020 77% · 2021 78% · 2022 81% · 2023 79% · 2024 82%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
20% of SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY SERVICE ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (8% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose C$10k → C$130k.
From the CRA filings of SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY SERVICE ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY SERVICE ASSOCIATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY SERVICE ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 93% · 2019 95% · 2020 47% · 2021 75% · 2022 45% · 2023 35% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
38% of SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY SERVICE ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
68% of SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY SERVICE ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Nova Scotia funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$5k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 regions is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 18 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- United Way of Lunenburg Countylocalportfolio matchNS · funds 10 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotiashared fundersportfolio matchNS · backs 49 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Lunenburg Fishermen's Foundation Inc.localNS · funds 12 organizations near you
- Harry E Foster Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Sunshine Coast Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Ontario Caregiver Organizationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Helpage Canada - / Aide Aux Aînes (Canada)portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Kinsmen Foundation Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- United Way Southern Vancouver Islandportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Unity for Autismportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The United Way of Pictou Countyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Salt Spring Island Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government revenue SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY SERVICE ASSOCIATION reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 82% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY SERVICE ASSOCIATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every charity on the CRA register — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Nova Scotia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY SERVICE ASSOCIATION?
- SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY SERVICE ASSOCIATION (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 18 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$1,081,858 to it, the largest being J and W Murphy Foundation (C$280,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY SERVICE ASSOCIATION have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 18 organizations giving C$1,081,858 in grants to SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY SERVICE ASSOCIATION, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY SERVICE ASSOCIATION?
- J and W Murphy Foundation is the largest funder on record, with C$280,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY SERVICE ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nova Scotia.
These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 18 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported September 23, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register