Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society
Publicly funded institution · Richmond, British Columbia · BN 107457764RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,284,778) as filed with the CRA.
Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society is a charitable organization based in Richmond, 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 $1.3M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $38K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
Operation of national historic site under contract with parks canada
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.1M | — | — | $863K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1M | — | — | $824K |
| 2022 | $982K | $1.1M | $930K | — | — | $730K |
| 2021 | $1M | $895K | $788K | — | — | $803K |
| 2020 | $975K | $830K | $745K | — | — | $686K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $38K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$766K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kit Grauer (chair); Geoff Matheson (member at large); Ralph Turner (member at large); Ryan Garnett (treasurer); Susan Stiene (member at large); Joan Bennet (member at large); Karen Lee (member at large); Mark Turpin (member at large); Perry Mazzone (chair); Adam Bent (member at large); Bruno Gerves (1st vice chair); Jim Van Der Tas (member at large); Nigel Evans (member at large); Yeganeh Asadian (2nd vice chair); John Durrant (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107457764RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.