Sooke Region Historical Society
Publicly funded institution · Sooke, British Columbia · BN 124476466RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($656,460) as filed with the CRA.
Sooke Region Historical Society is a charitable organization based in Sooke, 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 October 31, 2024, it reported $605K in revenue and $656K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,291.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 83% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
(a) To gather and preserve information records and objects of educational and cultural value associated with the natural and human history of the area and without limiting the generality of the foregoing (b) To establish and maintain a museum for the purpose of preserving recording and exhibiting for public enjoyment such material (c) To support the development of the arts through exhibition presentation performance commission development and production.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $605K | $656K | $590K | $6,331 | $0 | $4.6M |
| 2023 | $702K | $684K | $649K | $4,969 | — | $4.6M |
| 2022 | $640K | $569K | $530K | $9,100 | $0 | $4.6M |
| 2021 | $557K | $528K | $517K | $6,080 | — | $5.1M |
| 2020 | $442K | $405K | $346K | $8,552 | — | $4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,291 from 3 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
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$391K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Georgia Medwedrich (treasurer); Rose Dumont (director); Raymond Vowles (past president); Shelia Dobie (secretary); Donelda Eve (president); Neil Poirier (director); Trevor Price (director); Laurie Szadkowski (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sooke Region Historical Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 124476466RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.