Japanese Garden Society of Salt Spring Island
Publicly funded institution · Salt Spring Island, British Columbia · BN 856386834RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($15,308) as filed with the CRA.
Japanese Garden Society of Salt Spring Island is a charitable organization based in Salt Spring Island, 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 $104K in revenue and $15K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,140.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 99% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $7,698 in 2020 to $104K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Maintaing heiwa garden in the peace park; public education regarding history of japanese-canadian pioneers on salt spring island; publish books about japanese-canadian history on the southern gulf islands including salt spring island annual blossom festival
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $104K | $15K | $16K | — | — | $118K |
| 2023 | $5,828 | $12K | $8,853 | — | — | $22K |
| 2022 | $17K | $5,918 | $5,543 | — | — | $28K |
| 2021 | $17K | $5,918 | $5,543 | — | — | $26K |
| 2020 | $7,698 | $10K | $9,829 | — | — | $15K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,140 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rumiko Kanesaka (president); Sheryl Taylor-Munro (secretary-treasurer); Shelly Sawada (director); Mana Nakata (director); Ken Ishikawa (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Japanese Garden Society of Salt Spring Island’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 856386834RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.