National Advertising Benevolent Society of Canada
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119051357RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,717,878) as filed with the CRA.
National Advertising Benevolent Society of Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $52K.
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 5% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 91% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Nabs offers professional workshops personal couselling and employee assistance programs. Employee assistance programs include financial counselling career management counselling professional workshop series personal counselling and legal advice. Nabs also offers a digital library and counselling service geared to the growing counseling and advice needs of the canadian marketing and communications industry.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.7M | $779K | $389K | — | $1.9M |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $2.3M | $1.1M | $533K | $100 | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $2.1M | $933K | $451K | $204 | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $2.5M | $2.2M | $952K | $562K | $104 | $2.1M |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $2M | $938K | $479K | — | $1.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $52K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$880K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alan Dark (director); Boris Cho (director); Perry Macdonald (director); Cynthia Fleming (director); Alexander Panousis (director); Mike Searson (director); Jack Latulippe (director); Yan Du (treasurer); Aleena Mazhar Kuzma (director); Lindsay Rutherford (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from National Advertising Benevolent Society of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119051357RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.