Dawson City Museum Society
Publicly funded institution · Dawson, Yukon · BN 118883024RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures (—) as filed with the CRA.
Dawson City Museum Society is a charitable organization based in Dawson, Yukon, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $474K in revenue.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7,557.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band).
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The Dawson City Museum Society continued operating it's namesake in the 2023-2024 fiscal year period. Normal operations which include but are not limited to : collecting documents and artefacts related to the Dawson/Klondike corresponding with researchers and writers and providing educational programs to the public as well as operating a small gift shop.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $474K | — | $350K | $2,547 | — | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $399K | $365K | $287K | $5,349 | $0 | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $371K | $358K | $289K | $3,976 | — | $2M |
| 2021 | $770K | $713K | $649K | $1,401 | — | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $324K | $286K | $238K | $18K | — | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $7,557 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$262K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sylvia Burkhard (chair); Lisa Schuyler (treasurer); Laurel Betts (vice-chair); Chris Collin (director at large); Kathryn McDonald (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Dawson City Museum Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118883024RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.