The Valley Museum and Archives Society
Publicly funded institution · McBride, British Columbia · BN 857173272RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($71,092) as filed with the CRA.
The Valley Museum and Archives Society is a charitable organization based in McBride, 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 $52K in revenue and $71K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $140K in 2020 to $52K in 2024.
In its own words
Community education workshops demonstrations museum displays signage local history digitized archives and artifacts seniors painting club kids corner
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $52K | $71K | $31K | $1,354 | — | $214K |
| 2023 | $90K | $72K | $37K | $935 | — | $246K |
| 2022 | $101K | $73K | $37K | $935 | — | $236K |
| 2021 | $49K | $75K | $50K | $1,288 | — | $219K |
| 2020 | $140K | $73K | $47K | $2,576 | — | $167K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$41K
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 Valley Museum and Archives Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 857173272RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.