Friends of Historic Hat Creek Ranch
Publicly funded institution · Cache Creek, British Columbia · BN 869767038RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2022-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,906,491) as filed with the CRA.
Friends of Historic Hat Creek Ranch is a charitable organization based in Cache Creek, 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 October 31, 2022, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 251 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 82% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $497K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2022. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
1. Educational programs to inform visitors to hat creek ranch of the historical significance of the heritage site and in particular the roadhouse and shuswap aboriginal site. Through demonstrations and storytelling to relate the history of bc during the last half of the 19th century and the 20th dentury and the relationship between early settlers and the aboriginal people. 2. To prepare and maintain living history exhibits and to host and present cultural activities that help to explain the history and memories of the settlers and first nations inhabitants of the region. 3 .to present sc…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2022
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.9M | $1.8M | — | — | $383K |
| 2021 | $790K | $738K | $633K | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $497K | $294K | $189K | — | — | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$543K
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2022)
Frank Antoine (chair); Keith Zabotel (vice chair); Karen Warren (secretary); Gerald Etienne (treasurer); Barbara Roden (director); Vivian Edwards (director); Jack Jeyes (director); Matilda Morgan (director); Marilyn Porter (director); Gordon Antoine (director); Diane Sandy (director); Allen Midgley (director); Dave Antoine (director); Jim Smith (director); Tricia Thorpe (director).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friends of Historic Hat Creek Ranch’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869767038RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.