Nelson Community Services Society
Publicly funded institution · Nelson, British Columbia · BN 107767212RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,072,196) as filed with the CRA.
Nelson Community Services Society is a charitable organization based in Nelson, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $3.3M in revenue and $3.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $47K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (8 positions in that band). The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.1M in 2020 to $3.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Counselling for Women Men Children & Families Outreach Support to Youth Housing for Youth at Risk Shelter & Support to Battered Women & Children Homeless Outreach Homeless Prevention Street Outreach Support Groups for Men & Women
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.3M | $3.1M | $2.8M | — | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $2.9M | $2.8M | $2.6M | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $2.7M | $2.6M | $2.4M | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $2.6M | $2.6M | $2.4M | $0 | $0 | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $2.1M | $2.2M | $2M | — | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $47K from 9 charities:
- Osprey Community Foundation$31K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$6,547
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,199
- Bernard & Norton Wolf Family Foundation$3,000
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$2,085
- Warm Hearts Pet Safe Havens Association$845
- Fondation RONA$488
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$173
- Fondation RONA$0
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$1.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tracey Fellowes (chair); Nathan Russ (treasurer); Chris Smith (co-chair); Sean Ryan (director); Patricia Malcolmson (director); Sarah Hannah (director); Katie McEwan (director); Kurt Edmunds (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nelson Community Services Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107767212RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.