Lardeau Valley Historical Society
Publicly funded institution · Meadow Creek, British Columbia · BN 119006971RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($23,532) as filed with the CRA.
Lardeau Valley Historical Society is a charitable organization based in Meadow Creek, 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 $23K in revenue and $24K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 65% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Museum and Tourist station are open to the public weekends mid June to late September with a guiding host. We have now expanded and have a number of displays with interpretive signage that are available to visitors year around. We continue to digitize historical photos from the surrounding area. Ongoing maintanence of the grounds and buildings. We continue to expand on the History of Fishing in the area starting with the significance of fishing to Indigenous Peoples fishing methods and tools. Local Indigenous people have built a fishing trap canoes paddles bone fishing hooks and a tule t…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $23K | $24K | $24K | — | — | -$13K |
| 2023 | $12K | $12K | $12K | — | $0 | -$23K |
| 2022 | $28K | $26K | $26K | — | — | $44K |
| 2021 | $75K | $73K | $73K | — | — | $42K |
| 2020 | $27K | $26K | $24K | — | — | $41K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $11K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$2,717
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Jonker (past president); Cathy McIvor (member at large); Sunnie Wichmann (treasurer); Theresa Killoram (secretary); Janet Mainland (director at large); Irene Brinkman (director at large); Patricia Lawrence (director at large); Gord Percival (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lardeau Valley Historical Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119006971RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.