Connective Support Society Nanaimo
Publicly funded institution · Nanaimo, British Columbia · BN 130303936RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,600,153) as filed with the CRA.
Connective Support Society Nanaimo is a charitable organization based in Nanaimo, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $3.4M in revenue and $3.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 59% from government, 7% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $195K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 45 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $193K in 2024, the largest being $71K to Connective Support Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The society continues to operate programs to promote the well being of people their spouses child dependants and victims within the judical and penal systems in the province of british columbia more specifically to the mid-vancouver island area. The society also promotes programs for restorative justice and therapeutic community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.4M | $3.6M | $2.7M | — | $193K | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $3.3M | $3.2M | $2.8M | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2022 | $3.7M | $3.2M | $2.7M | — | — | $2.3M |
| 2021 | $2.9M | $2.5M | $1.9M | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $2.8M | $2.6M | $2.1M | — | — | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $193K to 11 qualified donees:
- Connective Support Society$71K
- Nanaimo Family Life Association$70K
- Vancouver Island Mental Health Society$37K
- Pacifica Housing Advisory Association$5,776
- M'Akola Housing Society$3,190
- Ballenas Housing Society$2,757
- Vancouver Island Crisis Society$1,400
- Haven Foundation$1,200
- Crisis Intervention & Suicide Prevention Centre$850
- Cowichan Restorative Justice Society$700
- Nanaimo Volunteer and Information Centre Society$60
Received $195K from 6 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 positions45
- Total compensation, all staff$1.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Duncan (treasurer); Susan Clift (president); Janet Sinclair (director); Louise Stern (secretary); John Horn (director); David Lobay (vice-president); Harry Shergill (director); Stephen Thompsom (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Connective Support Society Nanaimo’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130303936RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.