Nanaimo Brain Injury Society
Publicly funded institution · Nanaimo, British Columbia · BN 890104060RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($646,610) as filed with the CRA.
Nanaimo Brain Injury 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 $708K in revenue and $647K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 55% from government, 12% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $50K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% 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 $276K in 2020 to $708K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
1. Community abi navigator program 2. Intake assessment and case management 3. Hospital peer support program 4. Community peer support program 5. Volunteer skills developemtn program 6. Caregiver supports 7. Education awareness and prevention of brain injury programs 8. Group and individual counselling programs 9. Peer support social program
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $708K | $647K | $490K | $29K | — | $222K |
| 2023 | $510K | $512K | $397K | $3,502 | — | $160K |
| 2022 | $399K | $395K | $335K | — | — | $163K |
| 2021 | $377K | $348K | $271K | — | $31K | $159K |
| 2020 | $276K | $305K | $261K | — | — | $130K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $50K from 7 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$436K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michelle Flynn (president); Wendy Idema (treasurer); Hubertina (tina) Jennissen (director); Rana Van Tuyl (vice president); Craig Sauve (director); Jeffrey Fredrick (director); Susanne Greisbach (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nanaimo Brain Injury Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890104060RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.