Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Vancouver Island
Publicly funded institution · Nanaimo, British Columbia · BN 106804016RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,007,000) as filed with the CRA.
Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Vancouver Island 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 $6.1M in revenue and $6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 64% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $377K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 63% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 90 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.1M in 2020 to $6.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Provides a wide range of child youth and family services in the central vancouver island. Licensed 'out-of-school care' for children ages 5-12; licensed daycare; family support programs support programs for parents of young children and licensed preschool programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.1M | $6M | $5.5M | $14K | — | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $4.8M | $4.7M | $4.1M | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $4.8M | $4.5M | $4M | — | — | $2.7M |
| 2021 | $4.6M | $3.9M | $3.1M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $4.1M | $4.1M | $3.2M | — | — | $520K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $377K from 13 charities:
- Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank Society$132K
- United Way British Columbia$118K
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada/Les repaires jeunesse du Canada$40K
- Jays CARE Foundation$30K
- H W Siebens Charitable Foundation$30K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$9,113
- The Victoria Foundation$2,363
- The Hamber Foundation$2,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,508
- H W Siebens Charitable Foundation$1,000
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$315
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$241
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
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions90
- Total compensation, all staff$4.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Catherine Sherrard (chair); Eileen Braithwaite (vice chair); Brandon Nelson (treasurer); Nicole Unrau (secretary); Matthew Williams (director); Trevor Blogg (director); Kathleen Rake (director); Jack Freedman (director); Christopher Mabry (director); Michel Woolner (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Vancouver Island’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106804016RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.