Qathet Museum & Archives Society
Publicly funded institution · Powell River, British Columbia · BN 107854788RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($387,812) as filed with the CRA.
Qathet Museum & Archives Society is a charitable organization based in Powell River, 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 $383K in revenue and $388K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 72% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,280.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $156K in 2020 to $383K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Activities & community benefit -first nations history as well as economic history in the region digitization program -archiving collections and making them available to a larger audience -proving blueprints for historical houses in the area
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $383K | $388K | $368K | — | — | $289K |
| 2023 | $370K | $381K | $362K | — | — | $301K |
| 2022 | $288K | $244K | $232K | — | — | $322K |
| 2021 | $350K | $176K | $176K | — | — | $278K |
| 2020 | $156K | $162K | $446 | $1,619 | — | $104K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,280 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$232K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Donald Exter (secretary); Rita Rasmussen (director); George Wall (president); Doreen Berrington (treasurer); Bert Finnamore (director); Ace Harry (director); Anne Booner (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Qathet Museum & Archives Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107854788RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.