Coquitlam Heritage Society
Publicly funded institution · Coquitlam, British Columbia · BN 889912176RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($522,755) as filed with the CRA.
Coquitlam Heritage Society is a charitable organization based in Coquitlam, 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 $534K in revenue and $523K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 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 49% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 87% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Coquitlam Heritage preserves honours and promotes the heritage of Coquitlam. We collect stories and objects that hold history and represent who has lived in Coquitlam and who chooses to live here today. We celebrate our community members' traditions experiences and festivities while holding space to remember and honour their tragedies and challenges. This is done through our exhibits both at Mackin House a 1910 heritage home which is our current operational base and out in the community and through programmes workshops and community events. Our exhibits are displayed at Mackin House a…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $534K | $523K | $429K | $31K | — | $322K |
| 2023 | $538K | $669K | $543K | $36K | — | $310K |
| 2022 | $585K | $675K | $595K | $6 | — | $441K |
| 2021 | $710K | $609K | $493K | — | — | $290K |
| 2020 | $459K | $425K | $346K | $4,348 | $100 | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $96 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$403K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Coquitlam Heritage Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889912176RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.