Cortes Island Museum and Archives Society
Publicly funded institution · Manson's Landing, British Columbia · BN 894937226RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($111,212) as filed with the CRA.
Cortes Island Museum and Archives Society is a charitable organization based in Manson's Landing, 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 $100K in revenue and $111K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 74% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,489.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Public education (1) exhibitions permanent outdoor exhibits natural history centre heritage garden (2) community outreach - school programs guided interpretive walks educational presentations reading for seniors (3) tourist/visitor information booth archives: (1) collect preserve & catalogue archival materials from cortes organizations & families (2) providing assistance & making available archival materials to researchers & public (3) digitizing the collection in total there were over 4500 hours of volunteer time provided by 147 volunteers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $100K | $111K | $96K | — | — | $249K |
| 2023 | $108K | $112K | $88K | $1,422 | — | $214K |
| 2022 | $108K | $120K | $98K | $2,915 | — | $27K |
| 2020 | $79K | $85K | $71K | — | — | $237K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,489 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$57K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Laurel Bohart (curator taxidermist); Donna Collins (director); Monika Hoffmann (director); Nora Disney (treasurer); Bruce Ellingsen (director); Rose Hanson (director); Debbie Dragseth (director); Nancy Kendel (president); Bonnie Macdonald (director); Donna McLaren (director); Donna Manson (director); Jill Milton (director archivist); Carol London (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cortes Island Museum and Archives Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894937226RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.