The Courtenay and District Historical Society
Charitable organization · Courtenay, British Columbia · BN 106989692RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($587,972) as filed with the CRA.
The Courtenay and District Historical Society is a charitable organization based in Courtenay, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $588K in revenue and $588K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 48% from government, 22% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $74K.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Operates a museum year round and has a 38 000 visitors approximately per year. Offers educational and extensional activities including fossil field trips to the public endowment property is a generating recreational rental income
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $588K | $588K | $165K | — | — | $640K |
| 2023 | $620K | $572K | $160K | — | — | $653K |
| 2022 | $551K | $462K | $129K | — | — | $606K |
| 2021 | $475K | $424K | $119K | — | — | $517K |
| 2020 | $450K | $438K | $123K | — | — | $466K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $74K 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
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$328K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joseph Wilson (president); April Shopland (past president); Helen Everson (D) (director); Daryl Wright (vice president); James Haggart (director); Rick Ross (director); Ross Dingwall (director); Julie Fortin (director); Christine Dickinson (secretary treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Courtenay and District Historical Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106989692RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.