Sandon Historical Society
Publicly funded institution · New Denver, British Columbia · BN 136439643RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($44,878) as filed with the CRA.
Sandon Historical Society is a charitable organization based in New Denver, 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 $66K in revenue and $45K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,500.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $15K in 2020 to $66K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
To preserve & protect the historical site of sandon to operate a museum and to provide the public with education & appreciation of the historic role that sandon has played in the development of canada to operate a museum & archives with in the historic site of sandon
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $66K | $45K | $38K | $924 | — | $657K |
| 2023 | $41K | $67K | $30K | $4,142 | — | $123K |
| 2022 | $30K | $67K | $35K | $4,142 | — | $123K |
| 2021 | $254K | $47K | $46K | $421 | — | $364K |
| 2020 | $15K | $14K | $14K | — | — | $130K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,500 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$28K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Abigail Wagner (secretary/treasurer); Frank Barnes (president); John Wilson (director); Pate Newman (director); Gerald Wagner (director); Michael Dorsey (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sandon Historical Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 136439643RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.