Tillicum Lelum Aboriginal Society
Publicly funded institution · Nanaimo, British Columbia · BN 108109372RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,943,077) as filed with the CRA.
Tillicum Lelum Aboriginal Society is a charitable organization based in Nanaimo, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $10M in revenue and $9.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 64% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $565K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 79% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 60 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $5.5M in 2020 to $10M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Providing social & services support education & health through the following programs: building better babies creating healthy families diabetes shelter & support to homeless youth summer camp administer a community capacity support program cultural connection for aboriginal youth centre hiv education and harm reduction: conducting a family literacy program cultural recreation & youth programs offered; run a men's wellness program; aboriginal hospital liason nurse; counseling services provided for substance abuse & addictions services provided for children's wellness program; educa…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $10M | $9.9M | $9.2M | $228K | — | $4M |
| 2023 | $8.5M | $8M | — | — | — | $3.9M |
| 2022 | $6.3M | $5.4M | $4.1M | — | — | $5M |
| 2021 | $6.2M | $5M | $4.3M | — | — | $5.5M |
| 2020 | $5.5M | $4.1M | $3.6M | — | — | $5.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $565K from 9 charities:
- United Way British Columbia$483K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$50K
- Music Education Charity of Canada$18K
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,872
- The Pera Giving Foundation$4,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,380
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$882
- First West Foundation$640
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions60
- Total compensation, all staff$6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Leona Gallant (president); Ashley Simpson (vice-president); Denice McKay (treasurer); Marc Dinelle (secretary); Marguerit James (director); Doreen Sinclair (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Tillicum Lelum Aboriginal Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108109372RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.