The Vancouver Maritime Museum Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119261147RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,281,452) as filed with the CRA.
The Vancouver Maritime Museum Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.3M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 40% from government, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $204K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 88% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $2.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
The museum maintains and displays various maritime-related artifacts and exhibitions to the public; maintains a heritage vessel (st. Roch) and also operates the heritage harbour. The museum provides public programs and school programs up to k12. The museum also provides outreach programs to the community
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $2.3M | $1.8M | $70K | — | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $2M | $1.5M | $93K | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $1.9M | $1.5M | $48K | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $920K | $97K | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $647K | $13K | $0 | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $204K from 9 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Thomas Beasley (director); Paul Hebson (director); Delani Hulme-Lawrence (director); Robert Lewis-Manning (president); Matti Polychronis (director); Paul Schmidt (treasurer); Sarah Thomas (director); Coll Thrush (director); Lilah Williamson (director); Dylan Burrows (director); Sean Connaughton (director); Erika Laanela (director); Bruce Macdonald (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Vancouver Maritime Museum Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119261147RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.