Kelowna Museums Society
Publicly funded institution · Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 118978626RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,708,506) as filed with the CRA.
Kelowna Museums Society is a charitable organization based in Kelowna, 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 $1.7M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 62% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $55K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 89% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Providing the public with educational exhibitions and programs that foster personal participation stimulate curiosity and engage the senses with the cultures histories and possibilities of the okanagan region
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.7M | — | — | $613K |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.7M | — | — | $615K |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.6M | — | — | $701K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1.3M | — | — | $749K |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | — | $735K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $55K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,99914 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Howard Hisdal (past president); Wager Trinda (treasurer); Miah Olmsted (secretary); Colin Flannigan (president); Shaun Campbell (director); Kayt Ell (director); Hana Cairns (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kelowna Museums Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118978626RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.