The Trail Historical Society
Publicly funded institution · Trail, British Columbia · BN 108135773RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($28,528) as filed with the CRA.
The Trail Historical Society is a charitable organization based in Trail, 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 $22K in revenue and $29K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 75% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,500.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $14K in 2024, the largest being $14K to City of Trail. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $10K in 2020 to $22K in 2024.
In its own words
Maintaining 3 heriage-based websites maintaining archival and artifact collections
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $22K | $29K | $8,123 | — | $14K | $48K |
| 2023 | — | $12K | $8,076 | — | $825 | $54K |
| 2022 | $8,528 | $17K | $9,989 | — | $1,750 | $52K |
| 2021 | $12K | $16K | $12K | — | $750 | $61K |
| 2020 | $10K | $8,794 | $4,105 | — | $1,750 | $65K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $14K to 2 qualified donees:
- City of Trail$14K
- Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital and Health Foundation Society$100
Received $1,500 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Trail Historical Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108135773RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.