The West Coast Book Prize Society
Charitable organization · Powell River, British Columbia · BN 119262251RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($234,096) as filed with the CRA.
The West Coast Book Prize Society is a charitable organization based in Powell River, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $244K in revenue and $234K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,921.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 90% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $136K in 2020 to $244K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The society presents annually literary awards in eight categories which honour excellence in writing. Judges select 5 finalists and the winner for each of the awards. The society also administers the lieutenant governor's award for literary excellence and the borealis prize: the commissioner of yukon award for literary contribution there is an annual gala to celebrate the finalists and announce the winners. The charity runs a podcast that honours and celebrates the bc and yukon writing community. The society has monthly online virtual events offering discussion on books publishing and the c…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $244K | $234K | $110K | $21K | — | $59K |
| 2023 | $242K | $227K | $99K | $28K | — | $49K |
| 2022 | $211K | $209K | $105K | $13K | — | $33K |
| 2021 | $162K | $140K | $60K | $14K | — | $32K |
| 2020 | $136K | $130K | $60K | $8,842 | — | $9,890 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4,921 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kathryn Shoemaker (vice pres); Briana Stewart (treasurer); Susan Safyan (director); Michael Murphy (president); Heidi Clark (director); Jonathan Middleton (director); Lorraine Kelley (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The West Coast Book Prize Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119262251RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.