Unity Vancouver Island Spiritual Centre Society
Charitable organization · Nanaimo, British Columbia · BN 889059192RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($249,543) as filed with the CRA.
Unity Vancouver Island Spiritual Centre Society is a charitable organization based in Nanaimo, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $750K in revenue and $250K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations, 7% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $82K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 88% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $124K in 2020 to $750K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Worship services and sunday school classes held weekly conduct spiritual workshops and classes (community education program) offer daily prayer team activities offer spiritual counselling wedding and memorial services offer hospital visitations operate a library containing spiritual literature
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $750K | $250K | $213K | $16K | $18K | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $242K | $255K | $224K | $2,993 | $26K | $758K |
| 2022 | $707K | $207K | $180K | $3,223 | $12K | $746K |
| 2021 | $215K | $159K | $155K | $1,737 | — | $234K |
| 2020 | $124K | $120K | $115K | $267 | — | $176K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $82K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$69K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brenda Hanus (president); Pamela Norton (treasurer); Gilles Bruard (director); Sharron Macleod (director); Monica Turner (director); Christina Manders (director); Linda King (director); Marielle De Vries (director); Jen Ripley-Morris (director); Thomas DeSchutter (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Unity Vancouver Island Spiritual Centre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889059192RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.