Nanaimo Youth Services Association
Publicly funded institution · Nanaimo, British Columbia · BN 119050870RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,642,914) as filed with the CRA.
Nanaimo Youth Services Association 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 $1.9M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $46K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Provide support training programs workshops employment wage subsidy programs life skills and job entry to youth children from ages 13 to 30. Ongoing programsinclude:1. Bladerunner - wage subsidy program promoting employment opportunities and trades training 2. Youth housing - provides safe supportive affordable housing to youth ages 16-19 3. Employment keep it - is designed for youths aged 16 to 30 who are unemployed not attending school and who are in need of assistance to overcome employment barriers. 4. Supportive living program - provides life-skills support to youth who are ref…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.6M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.7M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $2M | $1.7M | $1.4M | — | — | $1M |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.5M | $28K | — | $795K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $46K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$889K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Leana Pellegrin (director); Donald Stedeford (secretary); Allan Beaudry (president); Sheila White (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nanaimo Youth Services Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119050870RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.