The Barkerville Heritage Trust
Publicly funded institution · Barkerville, British Columbia · BN 863766234RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,178,351) as filed with the CRA.
The Barkerville Heritage Trust is a charitable organization based in Barkerville, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $4.8M in revenue and $4.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,320.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 86% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 22 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
To research and conserve manage and promote barkerville historic town a living history museum. To teach the history of the town to students of all ages and the general public by mounting exhibitions conducting classes seminars guided tours & other interpretive & educational activities. To cooperate with other heritage cultural comunity business and tourism organizations to promote economic prosperity heritage conservation & community identity. To develop the barkerville conservation and learning institute (bcli) to foster academic relationships and promote barkerville as a post-seconda…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.8M | $4.2M | $4M | — | — | $537K |
| 2023 | $3.9M | $4M | $3.8M | — | — | -$51K |
| 2022 | $5.1M | $4.6M | $4.4M | — | — | $41K |
| 2021 | $6.8M | $7M | $6.8M | — | — | -$423K |
| 2020 | $5.2M | $5.6M | $5.4M | — | — | -$246K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,320 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions22
- Total compensation, all staff$2.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Melanie Binham (director); Kristin Clausen (director); Kirk Gable (director); Grant Johannesen (director); Richard Liu (director); Chris Lodder (director); Al Richmond (chair); Craig Smith (vice chair); John Solly (director); Glen Thielmann (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Barkerville Heritage Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 863766234RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.