Ballenas Housing Society
Publicly funded institution · Nanaimo, British Columbia · BN 132032293RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,789,587) as filed with the CRA.
Ballenas Housing Society is a charitable organization based in Nanaimo, British Columbia, 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 $26M in revenue and $10.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $59K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 46 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $8M in 2020 to $26M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Ballenas owns and operates housing for the purpose of relieving poverty by providing residential accommodation at below market rate and by providing support and incidental facilities to individuals or families who are in need. Programs include homes bc provincial homelessness initiative subsidized affordable rental housing seniors supportive housing program investment in housing innovation provincial rental supply program community housing fund.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $26M | $10.8M | $10.3M | — | — | $58.7M |
| 2023 | $9.6M | $8.4M | $8.1M | — | — | $46.6M |
| 2022 | $6M | $6.5M | $6.3M | — | — | $30.2M |
| 2021 | $5.7M | $6.2M | $6.1M | — | — | $30.6M |
| 2020 | $8M | $5.3M | $5.1M | — | — | $31.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $59K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions46
- Total compensation, all staff$2.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Emeka Udeagha (director); Brandon Charlesworth (director); Robert David (david) Brooks (chair); Edgar Mayne (director); Bob Moss (vice-chair); Alexander Brocklebank (treasurer); Wendy Robinson (director); Mark McGorman (director); Laura Cross (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ballenas Housing Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132032293RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.