Qualicum Beach Historical and Museum Society
Publicly funded institution · Qualicum Beach, British Columbia · BN 119106789RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($256,178) as filed with the CRA.
Qualicum Beach Historical and Museum Society is a charitable organization based in Qualicum Beach, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $214K in revenue and $256K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $613.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Qb historical society is not-for-profit organization. The society's principal activity is to acquire preserve and present social natural aboriginal and archival collection to contribute to the cultural and economic development of the community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $214K | $256K | $109K | — | — | $247K |
| 2023 | $225K | $263K | $7,810 | — | — | $290K |
| 2022 | $399K | $174K | $11K | — | — | $328K |
| 2021 | $199K | $282K | $15K | — | — | $102K |
| 2020 | $171K | $163K | $139K | $1,184 | — | $89K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $613 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$147K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Ireland (president); Merideth Bisiker (treasurer); Audrey Cope (director); Fran Higgins (director); Laurie Richards (secretary); Ray Woroniak (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Qualicum Beach Historical and Museum Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119106789RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.