Comox Valley Air Force Museum Association
Charitable organization · Lazo, British Columbia · BN 862993854RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-02-28. Split of total expenditures ($149,700) as filed with the CRA.
Comox Valley Air Force Museum Association is a charitable organization based in Lazo, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending February 28, 2024, it reported $163K in revenue and $150K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 48% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $376K.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 85% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $83K in 2024, the largest being $83K to Comox Air Force Museum. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $83K in 2020 to $163K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
We support the comox air force museum which preserves and presents the history of military aviation on canada's west coast. We obtain and manage financial resources personnel and equipment necessary to do so and foster awareness of the museum throughout the local community. We provide the museum with a program and volunteer coordinator on contract four days per week year round. We recruit all volunteer members of the museum staff and in conjuction with the volunteer coordinator organize them for tasks as required and arrange for essential training when required. Our 35 volunteers wor…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $163K | $150K | $63K | $1,754 | $83K | $74K |
| 2023 | $112K | $107K | $50K | $531 | $53K | $61K |
| 2022 | $86K | $94K | $48K | — | $43K | $56K |
| 2021 | $69K | $50K | $42K | — | $5,818 | $19K |
| 2020 | $83K | $97K | $48K | — | $45K | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $83K to 1 qualified donee:
- Comox Air Force Museum$83K
Received $376K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christopher Chance (president); Gwyneth Taylor (treasurer); Keith Kent (director); Dale Usher (director); Terence Chester (director); Alan Soderstrom (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Comox Valley Air Force Museum Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 862993854RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.