Friends of the North Vancouver Museum and Archives Society
Public foundation · North Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 890311772RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($244,365) as filed with the CRA.
Friends of the North Vancouver Museum and Archives Society is a public foundation based in North Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $77K in revenue and $244K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from donations, 9% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7,619.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 84% of that peer group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $224K in 2024, the largest being $224K to North Vancouver Museum & Archives. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $637K in 2020 to $77K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The friends of the north vancouver museum and archives society acts as advocates for the advancement of community history education and advancing the public's appreciation for cultural heritage. The friends society is actively supporting and building community awareness for the new museum of the north vancouver which opened in the heart of the lower lonsdale cultural district in 2021. As a registered charity and membership organization it also supports financially and through its volunteers the work of the north vancouver museum and archives in delivering its educational programs exhibitio…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $77K | $244K | $7,147 | $128 | $224K | $173K |
| 2023 | $83K | $276K | — | $11K | $250K | $340K |
| 2022 | $176K | $324K | — | — | $308K | $533K |
| 2021 | $198K | $28K | — | $588 | $4,000 | $686K |
| 2020 | $637K | $589K | — | $2,702 | $538K | $507K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $224K to 1 qualified donee:
- North Vancouver Museum & Archives$224K
Received $7,619 from 2 charities:
- Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,619
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jennifer Pantel (president); Charlene Hill (vice-president); Julie Wytrwal (secretary); Victor Elderton (director); Mina Mashhour (director); Robert McCormack (director); Ginette Handfield (treasurer); Doug Hatlelid (director); Mayumi Rosanna Izumi (director); Karin Jensen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friends of the North Vancouver Museum and Archives Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890311772RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.