Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation
Charitable organization · Nanaimo, British Columbia · BN 119052801RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,461,732) as filed with the CRA.
Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation is a charitable organization based in Nanaimo, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from donations, 11% from other charities. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $375K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 95% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $92K in 2024, the largest being $92K to The Board of Education of School District No. 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith). Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Scholarships and bursaries are awarded to graduating students at the following high schools: Dover Bay John Barsby Wellington NDSS Woodlands and Ladysmith Secondary. Student Support Fund: A direct-to-student fund that allows teachers/staff members from SD #68 to anonymously provide vulnerable children with a variety of supplies such as but not limited to: shoes coats school supplies band and athletic fees. The Foundation provides breakfast lunch and snack programs across SD #68. Donors have helped provide salad bars dishes dishwashers and other appliances needed to esnure tha…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $1.5M | $1.2M | $3,750 | $92K | $3M |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $8,216 | $111K | $2.4M |
| 2022 | $1M | $926K | $802K | $2,831 | — | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $877K | $828K | — | — | $2.1M |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $1.2M | $100 | — | $1.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $92K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $375K from 16 charities:
- Nanaimo Community Foundation$116K
- Canadahelps Canadon$63K
- Canadahelps Canadon$63K
- Breakfast Club of Canada$51K
- Ladysmith Health CARE Auxiliary$24K
- Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank Society$19K
- Purkids Charitable Foundation$10K
- Canadian Federation of University Women - Nanaimo Scholarship Trust Fund$9,550
- Vancouver Foundation$7,750
- The Western Communities Foundation$4,422
- The Pera Giving Foundation$4,000
- Rotary Club of Lantzville Society$2,000
- UniPHARM & Medicine Centre Pharmacies Charitable Foundation$1,000
- The Nanaimo & District Museum Society$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$525
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$29
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$205K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dan Morris (president); Dot Neary (secretary); Kim Strynadka (director); Cindy Shantz (director); Lesley France (treasurer); Kathy Berg (vice president); Bill Robinson (director); Dhanook Singh (director); Toni Wheeler (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119052801RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.