BC Heritage Fairs Society
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 883669509RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($59,116) as filed with the CRA.
BC Heritage Fairs Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $30K in revenue and $59K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from government, 33% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $12K.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $4,250 in 2024, the largest being $2,750 to Richmond Museum Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The bc heritage fairs society increases the understanding of canadian history for young people in the province. They promote an awareness and understanding of canadian history and heritage among students and adults in the province of british columbia support facilitate and implement a heritage fairs program in british columbia coordinate with other organizations and agencies in the province whose goals and activities complement and support the goals of the society. They have successfully brought people and history toegether: each year some 4 000 students participate and 700 volunteers work…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $30K | $59K | $49K | — | $4,250 | $47K |
| 2023 | $51K | $59K | $53K | — | — | $71K |
| 2022 | $25K | $15K | $10K | — | — | $79K |
| 2021 | $9,356 | $9,075 | $4,122 | — | — | $69K |
| 2020 | $37K | $21K | $15K | — | — | $69K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $4,250 to 4 qualified donees:
Received $12K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rebecca Burns (director); Julia Fabbro-Smith (president); Kris Foulds (director); Keilln Gorman (director); Kerstin Legler (treasurer); Jaia Manhas (secretary); Rachel Meloche (vice president); Cindy Rowell (director); Vedanshiumari Vala (director); Renee Meloche (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from BC Heritage Fairs Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 883669509RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.