Nanaimo Community Foundation
Public foundation · Nanaimo, British Columbia · BN 889098174RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,255,893) as filed with the CRA.
Nanaimo Community Foundation is a public foundation based in Nanaimo, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $4.8M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 35% from donations, 22% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.1M.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities 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 3 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 53 qualified donees totalling $1.5M in 2024, the largest being $253K to Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2M in 2020 to $4.8M in 2024.
In its own words
Distribution of funds to disadvantaged individuals promote educational advancement medical and scientific research and to contribute to public recreation athletic and cultural facilities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.8M | $2.3M | — | $557K | $1.5M | $13.7M |
| 2023 | $5.1M | $1.2M | — | $100K | $849K | $11.1M |
| 2022 | $17K | $587K | — | $111K | $371K | $7.1M |
| 2021 | $2.7M | $1.2M | — | $79K | $1M | $7.7M |
| 2020 | $2M | $1.4M | $79K | $80K | $1.1M | $6.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.5M to 53 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society$253K
- Nourish Cowichan Society$180K
- Cowichan Valley Youth Services Society$150K
- Nanaimo Association for Community Living$150K
- Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation$116K
- Nanaimo Foodshare Society$72K
- Chemainus Harvest House Society$70K
- Sport BC$65K
- The Port Theatre Society$62K
- Ladysmith Family and Friends Society$59K
- Clay Tree Society for People With Developmental Disabilities$50K
- Cedar Opportunities BC Society$50K
- Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation$48K
- Unitarian Foundation of Nanaimo$25K
- Cowichan Valley Hospice Society$23K
- Iris Ministries Canada$20K
- First United Church Community Ministry Society$15K
- Kiwanis Village Society of Victoria B.C.$15K
- Kw'umut Lelum Foundation$15K
- City of Nanaimo$10K
- Haven Society: Promoting the Safety of Women Children Youth and Families$10K
- BC Cancer Foundation$10K
- The Nanaimo & District Museum Society$9,995
- Reaching Out Assisting Refugees Society Nanaimo$6,705
- ST Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Parish$6,492
Received $1.1M from 8 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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$174K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nanaimo Community Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889098174RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.