Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History
Charitable organization · Cranbrook, British Columbia · BN 861688836RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($42,764) as filed with the CRA.
Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History is a charitable organization based in Cranbrook, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $53K in revenue and $43K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $12K.
Compared with 2,652 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Making the columbia basin institute of regional history accessible to the public through the columbia basin image bank and ongoing development of research site at www.basininstitute.org
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $53K | $43K | $39K | — | — | — |
| 2023 | $102K | $77K | $43K | — | — | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $43K | $46K | $42K | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $42K | $38K | $32K | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $40K | $27K | $25K | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $12K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$3,295
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ron Beamish (director); Chris Johns (president); Brian Clarkson (director); Linda Anderson (vice-president); Dalcy Gripich (director); Gerald Hudson (director); Gert De Groot (director); Marie Stang (director); Keith Powell (ex-officio); Frank Hastings (director); Krista Anne Damstrom (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 861688836RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.