Nelson and District Museum Archives Art Gallery and Historical Society
Publicly funded institution · Nelson, British Columbia · BN 107577017RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,014,960) as filed with the CRA.
Nelson and District Museum Archives Art Gallery and Historical Society is a charitable organization based in Nelson, 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 $887K in revenue and $1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $31K.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $887K | $1M | $883K | — | $300 | $147K |
| 2023 | $937K | $1M | $103K | — | $650 | $276K |
| 2022 | $894K | $913K | $790K | $473 | — | $367K |
| 2021 | $848K | $869K | $728K | $79 | $2,500 | $586K |
| 2020 | $683K | $704K | $678K | $188 | — | $896K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $31K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$460K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Beug (director); Nick Kostiuk (treasurer); Nancy Suuban (director); Chelsey Freyta (director); Eliot Wilson-Birks (director); Kim Freeman (director); Marjorie Simmington (secretary); Rhiannon Barbour (vice-chair); Laurie Helyer (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nelson and District Museum Archives Art Gallery and Historical Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107577017RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.