Nanaimo Community Gardens Society
Charitable organization · Nanaimo, British Columbia · BN 887166833RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($56,445) as filed with the CRA.
Nanaimo Community Gardens Society is a charitable organization based in Nanaimo, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $62K in revenue and $56K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 46% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,764.
Compared with 2,652 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers.
In its own words
Educational Food Gardens Programs. This includes operating 2 demonstration garden sites and a greenhouse peer to peer mentorship and workshops. The sites are used for tours visits field trips and other community activities. The Gleaning Program operates to reduce food waste in the Nanaimo region. Volunteers provide invaluable work for all aspects of NCGS operations and this amount is included in the year end financial reports.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $62K | $56K | $35K | — | $0 | $129K |
| 2023 | $64K | $63K | $43K | — | $0 | $129K |
| 2022 | $99K | $91K | $75K | — | $0 | $138K |
| 2021 | $109K | $90K | $72K | $0 | $0 | $180K |
| 2020 | $78K | $74K | $47K | — | $0 | $162K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,764 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nanaimo Community Gardens Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887166833RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.