Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives Society
Publicly funded institution · Gibsons, British Columbia · BN 132004037RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($171,172) as filed with the CRA.
Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives Society is a charitable organization based in Gibsons, 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 $178K in revenue and $171K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 70% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,731.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Operation of regional museum and archives collection preservation of artifacts/archives educational programming research requests from public
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $178K | $171K | — | — | — | $147K |
| 2023 | $176K | $181K | $176K | — | — | $140K |
| 2022 | — | $199K | $190K | $2,871 | — | $146K |
| 2021 | $122K | $115K | $107K | — | — | $124K |
| 2020 | $120K | $103K | $38K | $5,022 | — | $117K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,731 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$117K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Clement (vice president); Frances Gamache (director); Lisa Hilton (director); Carol Howie (director); Thor Olsen (treasurer); Larry Penonzek (president); Ian Thomson (secretary); Carol Service (director); Ruth Mason (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132004037RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.