Bulkley Valley Historical and Museum Society
Publicly funded institution · Smithers, British Columbia · BN 118820950RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($218,028) as filed with the CRA.
Bulkley Valley Historical and Museum Society is a charitable organization based in Smithers, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $229K in revenue and $218K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 65% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $616.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 83% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The Bulkley Valley Museum facilitates historical education and research including public digital access to our artifact and archival collections through our online portal. We collect preserve and present the human and natural history of Smithers and the surrounding Bulkley Valley.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $229K | $218K | $208K | — | — | — |
| 2023 | $231K | $186K | $163K | $0 | $0 | $159K |
| 2022 | $191K | $177K | $157K | $1,370 | $0 | $113K |
| 2021 | $237K | $225K | $206K | $1,424 | — | $99K |
| 2020 | $175K | $155K | $139K | $1,642 | — | $87K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $616 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$128K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rick Budhwa (president); Pat Scott (vice president); Betty Campbell (secretary); Jonathan Boone (director); Claire deJong (director); Anna Desplanches (director); Eric Holdijk (treasurer); Caroline Muir (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bulkley Valley Historical and Museum Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118820950RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.