British Columbia · Registered charity
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF NELSON
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF NELSON (British Columbia) receives grants from 42 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$1,504,486 to it, the largest being CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF THE DIOCESE OF NELSON SOCIETY (C$634,020). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- C$4.2M
- Funders on record
- 42
- Grants received
- C$1.5M
- Net assets
- C$4.6M
What The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson does
Ongoing programs
Provide religious education facilities and opportunities for children and adults to grow in faith and to support and direct the work of 43 parishes and missions and 7 independent schools. There are approximately 140 full time employees of which 12 work for the Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson charity. The charities include assistance to independent schools education of clergy adult education teaching of catechism religious education retreat houses of prayer marriage counseling and contributions to the third world. Sponsorship of the immigration and resettlement for refugees and provision of education counseling and other support services for immigrants in need including language instruction employment training job search activities translation services and information programs on Canadian culture and life
As stated on its FY2024 T3010.
Program
Religious education; operate and maintain church buildings and grounds; provide weekly worship services; religious study programs; outreach to sick and seniors and community.
The first program described on its most recent T3010.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from C$14k to C$16M (+110404%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 11% · 2021 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
50% of THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF NELSON’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose C$53k → C$194k.
Left out of every figure on this page: C$8.0M from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson). These are real filings, and they are not money THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF NELSON raised.
From the CRA filings of THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF NELSON’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 42 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF NELSON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF NELSON.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 23% · 2019 64% · 2020 38% · 2021 30% · 2022 47% · 2023 38% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
32% of THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF NELSON's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
71% of THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF NELSON's grant income comes from British Columbia funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$157k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 regions is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF NELSON holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,451 christianity nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,451 christianity nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government revenue THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF NELSON reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 3% of FY2021 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF NELSON
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every charity on the CRA register — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In British Columbia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF NELSON?
- THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF NELSON (British Columbia) receives grants from 42 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$1,504,486 to it, the largest being CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF THE DIOCESE OF NELSON SOCIETY (C$634,020). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF NELSON have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 42 organizations giving C$1,504,486 in grants to THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF NELSON, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF NELSON?
- CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF THE DIOCESE OF NELSON SOCIETY is the largest funder on record, with C$634,020 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF NELSON find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in British Columbia.
These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 42 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register