Gem of the West Museum Society
Publicly funded institution · Coaldale, Alberta · BN 899454276RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($108,057) as filed with the CRA.
Gem of the West Museum Society is a charitable organization based in Coaldale, Alberta, 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 $103K in revenue and $108K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 67% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $356.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 83% of that peer group. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
In its own words
Photographing cataloguing all museum artifacts opening fundraising - fall auction craftshow music night
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $103K | $108K | $80K | $11K | $189 | $149K |
| 2023 | $68K | $83K | $79K | — | — | $153K |
| 2022 | $108K | $71K | $9,751 | $2,183 | $0 | $169K |
| 2021 | $79K | $58K | $54K | — | — | $132K |
| 2020 | $79K | $77K | $828 | — | — | $111K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $356 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$72K
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 Gem of the West Museum Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 899454276RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.