Nanaimo Community Hospice Society
Charitable organization · Nanaimo, British Columbia · BN 133194043RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,299,932) as filed with the CRA.
Nanaimo Community Hospice Society is a charitable organization based in Nanaimo, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from donations, 5% from government. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $92K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $948K in 2020 to $1.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
1. Operates grief groups one-to-one grief support grief phone support self-care clinic. 2. Provides bereavement walking groups one-to-one support for tterminally ill patients and their families 3. Volunteers available eight hours daily on the palliative care unit at nanaimo regional general hospital. 4. Professional counselling for palliative and bereavement clients education on grief/loss/suicide to teens in school classrooms education to rn/lpn rca programs at local university. 5. One-to-one support for terminally ill patients and their families program to enhance self-care …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $157K | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $2.5M | $3M | $570K | $2.2M | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.4M | $594K | $570K | — | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $906K | $966K | $551K | $225K | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $948K | $906K | $567K | $169K | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $92K from 11 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- Victoria Hospice Society$26K
- Arbor Memorial Foundation$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,200
- UniPHARM & Medicine Centre Pharmacies Charitable Foundation$1,000
- United Way British Columbia$984
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$611
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$555
- Nanaimo Association for Community Living$75
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$65
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$813K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Susan Davidson (director); Wendy Smitka (president); Ron Tomlin (treasurer); Paul Smith (vice president); Marilyn Ostercamp (secretary); Lindsay Marie Eggen (director); Jeanne Fahlman (director); Jonathan Lapman (director); Mary Skinner (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nanaimo Community Hospice Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 133194043RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.