Kitimat Museum & Archives
Publicly funded institution · Kitimat, British Columbia · BN 118983626RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($685,384) as filed with the CRA.
Kitimat Museum & Archives is a charitable organization based in Kitimat, 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 $631K in revenue and $685K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $14K.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
We accept artifacts and archival donations relevant to kitimat's community and natural history plus indigenous history and culture in the area of the kitimat valley and the douglas channel. We run children's programming on-site and in kitimat's elementary schools in visual arts community and natural history. We present some public programming on natural and community history and visual arts and educate visitors about kitimat and religion through programming and exhibition. We provide increasing access to kitimat history by adding to the historical record and improving artifact and archival …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $631K | $685K | $489K | — | — | $137K |
| 2023 | $652K | $656K | $463K | — | — | $192K |
| 2022 | $736K | $620K | $446K | — | — | $197K |
| 2021 | $603K | $603K | $425K | — | — | $80K |
| 2020 | $687K | $643K | $448K | — | — | $80K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $14K from 2 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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$457K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Louise Avery (executive director); Arthur Renwick (vice chair); Marilyn Furlan (elder's liaison); Natalie Chimko; Shelley Bolton; Mario Feldhoff (district of kitimat council re); Katherine Johnsen (chair); Gregory Judas (treasurer); Dos Santos Aisha.
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kitimat Museum & Archives’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118983626RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.