Nelson Electric Tramway Society
Publicly funded institution · Nelson, British Columbia · BN 126175132RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
No spending breakdown could be derived from this charity’s most recent filing — the receipt can’t be printed. The figures it did file are below.
Nelson Electric Tramway 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 $204K in revenue and $14K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,963.
Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $14K in 2020 to $204K in 2024.
In its own words
Restoration of historical streetcar - 1906 streetcar 23 and 1921 birney car 400
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $204K | $14K | — | — | — | $231K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.1M | — | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2022 | $86K | $112K | — | — | — | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $68K | $102K | — | — | — | $267K |
| 2020 | $14K | $41K | — | — | — | $255K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,963 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nelson Electric Tramway Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 126175132RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.