Clay Tree Society for People With Developmental Disabilities
Publicly funded institution · Nanaimo, British Columbia · BN 107758864RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,649,572) as filed with the CRA.
Clay Tree Society for People With Developmental Disabilities is a charitable organization based in Nanaimo, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 $3.2M in revenue and $2.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $51K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% 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 $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 22 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2M in 2020 to $3.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Clay tree building program clay tree 1:1 support
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.2M | $2.6M | $2.4M | $4,919 | — | $3.9M |
| 2023 | $2.6M | $2.2M | $1.8M | $9,311 | — | $3.4M |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $1.7M | $1.4M | $10K | — | $3.1M |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $1.5M | $1.2M | $8,858 | — | $2.5M |
| 2020 | $2M | $1.8M | $1.4M | $4,072 | — | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $51K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions22
- Total compensation, all staff$2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alexandria Stuart (president); Travis Sippel (director); Kellina Lang (director); Darcy Olsen (director); Dione Van Beynum (director); Catherine McHardy (director); Olumese Chris Obouaye (director); Lisa Nissinen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Clay Tree Society for People With Developmental Disabilities’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107758864RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.