The Maritime Museum of British Columbia Society
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 108088014RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($801,429) as filed with the CRA.
The Maritime Museum of British Columbia Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $801K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 73% from donations, 11% from government. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $78K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $521K in 2020 to $1.6M in 2024.
In its own words
Engage communities in witnessing and preserving maritime heritages. We provide educational programs a series of events public exhibits and care for a heritage collection made available to the public through a research request program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $801K | $400K | $210K | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $861K | $674K | $341K | $175K | — | $469K |
| 2022 | $548K | $497K | $266K | $70K | — | $282K |
| 2021 | $567K | $455K | $184K | $97K | — | $230K |
| 2020 | $521K | $538K | $264K | $50K | — | $118K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $78K from 9 charities:
- The Victoria Foundation$58K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$7,795
- Credit Union Foundation of British Columbia$3,000
- S.M. Blair Family Foundation$3,000
- British Columbia Rehabilitation Foundation$2,562
- Vancouver Foundation$2,000
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$1,027
- Canadahelps Canadon$874
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$410K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Maritime Museum of British Columbia Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108088014RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.