Qay'llnagaay Heritage Centre Society
Charitable organization · Skidegate, British Columbia · BN 892397563RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,375,711) as filed with the CRA.
Qay'llnagaay Heritage Centre Society is a charitable organization based in Skidegate, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from government. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $50K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The qay'llnagaay heritage centre celebrates the living culture of the haida people. Through their language art and stories they share their relationship with the land and sea which shapes nourishes and sustains them. Qay'llnagaay protects and fosters haida culture by reaffirming their traditions and beliefs encouraging artistic expression and serving as a keeper of all that they are through maintenance of cultural symbols and materials including artifacts kay linagaay is a place for the haida voice to be heard. The centre has a carving and canoe house where works of art are worked on as…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $1.4M | $1.1M | — | — | $10.7M |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.3M | $1.3M | — | — | $11M |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.4M | — | — | $10.9M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1M | — | — | $11M |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.2M | — | — | — | $10.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $50K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$263K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sue Wood (director); John Gladstone (director); Sidney Crosby (director); Gord Mills (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Qay'llnagaay Heritage Centre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892397563RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.