Lakes District Museum Society
Publicly funded institution · Burns Lake, British Columbia · BN 107590549RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($116,371) as filed with the CRA.
Lakes District Museum Society is a charitable organization based in Burns Lake, 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 $140K in revenue and $116K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $5,000.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Operating lakes district museum; researching historical topics and genealogies; accepting donations of artifacts to society; collecting and transcribing oral histories; displaying new heritage resources; restoring historical artifacts; digitizing documentary heritage resources; maintaining the museum's social media accounts; assisting other museums with heritage projects; liaising with local first nations on historical topics; operating an art gallery; partnering with local schools to develop local history curriculum; organizing an art contest. Fifteen volunteers contributed approximately 275…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $140K | $116K | $98K | $2,514 | — | $125K |
| 2023 | $136K | $127K | $112K | $1,346 | — | $101K |
| 2022 | $118K | $97K | $82K | $382 | $974 | $92K |
| 2021 | $99K | $95K | $81K | — | — | $71K |
| 2020 | $99K | $73K | $59K | — | — | $67K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,000 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$78K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cameron Hart (vice-president); Sandra Macievich (treasurer); Sharon Marr (secretary); Joan Adams (director); Valerie Anderson (director); Russell Brown (director); Wayne Brown (director); Sandra Holmes (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lakes District Museum Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107590549RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.