H.R. Macmillan Space Centre Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 106812183RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,047,563) as filed with the CRA.
H.R. Macmillan Space Centre Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from government. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $49K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 86% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Throughout the year we delivered over 5 500 live science shows and programs engaging more than 89 000 K–12 students and 58 000 general visitors onsite while reaching over 2 000 students through our Portable Planetarium Program which brought immersive astronomy directly into schools and remote communities across British Columbia. In total we served 425 school groups and hosted 3 300 event attendees reinforcing our place as a trusted learning partner. Programming spanned a range of themes—from classic space science to new explorations of climate change AI in space and Indigenous astronom…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $2M | $937K | $141K | — | $678K |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $2.1M | $934K | $132K | — | $704K |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $715K | $57K | — | $930K |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.4M | $623K | $42K | — | $813K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $445K | $70K | — | $581K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $49K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Derek Lew (vice-chair); Larkin MacKenzie-Ast (chair); Paul Moore (treasurer); Sara Weinstein (director); Damineh Akhaven (director); Wade Grant (director); Rowena Laing (director); Allison Man (director); Gagan Ahluwalia (director); Dawen Nozdryn-Plotnicki (director); Sarah Sidhu (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from H.R. Macmillan Space Centre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106812183RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.