The Nanaimo & District Museum Society
Publicly funded institution · Nanaimo, British Columbia · BN 107758989RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($993,402) as filed with the CRA.
The Nanaimo & District Museum Society is a charitable organization based in Nanaimo, 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 $992K in revenue and $993K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $10K.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 91% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $5,243 in 2024, the largest being $2,289 to Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank Society.
In its own words
Operating a public museum in nanaimo bc. To provide cultural enrichment and education
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $992K | $993K | $783K | $14K | $5,243 | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $926K | $914K | $730K | $12K | $2,016 | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $952K | $873K | $635K | $12K | $670 | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $874K | $728K | $513K | — | $670 | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $994K | $648K | $466K | — | — | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5,243 to 3 qualified donees:
Received $10K from 2 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$610K
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 Nanaimo & District Museum Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107758989RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.