Cedar Opportunities BC Society
Charitable organization · Nanaimo, British Columbia · BN 724155874RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($624,639) as filed with the CRA.
Cedar Opportunities BC Society is a charitable organization based in Nanaimo, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $709K in revenue and $625K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 23% from donations, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $166K.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $200K in 2021 to $709K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
1. To relieve conditions associated with disability by providing meaningful employment and job skills training to people living with developmental disabilities; 2. To recieve gifts bequests funds and property and to hold invest administer and distribute funds and property to such other organizations as are 'qualified donees' under the provisions of the income tax act (canada); 3. To do all such other things as are incidental and ancillary to the attainment of the foregoing purposes and the exercise of the powers of the society.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $709K | $625K | $612K | — | — | $67K |
| 2023 | $531K | $550K | $537K | — | — | -$24K |
| 2022 | $224K | $187K | $185K | — | — | $71K |
| 2021 | $200K | $167K | $104K | — | — | $33K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $166K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$357K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Daniel Johnston; Patricia Johnston; Ron Lambert; Deborah Cooper; Bobbi-Jean Goldy (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cedar Opportunities BC Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 724155874RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.