Chemainus Festival of Murals Society
Publicly funded institution · Chemainus, British Columbia · BN 815741277RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($100,345) as filed with the CRA.
Chemainus Festival of Murals Society is a charitable organization based in Chemainus, 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 $109K in revenue and $100K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 60% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $96.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 72% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $38K in 2020 to $109K in 2024.
In its own words
The Society continues with its purpose and ongoing program by: - Maintaining and restoring existing murals and sculptures - Reviewing and evaluating proposals for new murals and sculptures - Contracting artists to create new murals and sculptures - Providing educational materials relating to the mural and sculpture program to increase the publics' understanding and appreciation of the arts - Board members are unpaid volunteers who contributed in excess of 1 100 hours to the program of the Society in 2024
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $109K | $100K | $93K | — | — | $140K |
| 2023 | $63K | $41K | $34K | — | $0 | $131K |
| 2022 | $9,569 | $80K | $75K | — | — | $116K |
| 2021 | $155K | $42K | $38K | — | — | $187K |
| 2020 | $38K | $66K | $64K | — | $0 | $74K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $96 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chemainus Festival of Murals Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 815741277RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.