Tumbler Ridge Museum Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia · BN 863295853RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($483,843) as filed with the CRA.
Tumbler Ridge Museum Foundation is a charitable organization based in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. 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 November 30, 2024, it reported $586K in revenue and $484K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from government, 7% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $121K.
Compared with 54 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Exhibits - palaeontological museum exhibits including footprints mounted skeletons and area history. Lectures - palaeontologists provide regular updates on the progress of local excavations. Dinosaur footprint - provide guided tours of three footprint sites to the public. A theatre was created on site to provide additional coverage of ongoing excavations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $586K | $484K | $350K | $18K | — | $696K |
| 2023 | $369K | $397K | $271K | $19K | — | $594K |
| 2022 | $393K | $383K | $245K | $13K | — | $622K |
| 2021 | $426K | $514K | $353K | $7,909 | — | $611K |
| 2020 | $434K | $426K | $313K | $5,579 | — | $699K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $121K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$249K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rose Synder (president); Birgit Sharman (vice president); Lisa Mackenzie (director); Dick Lekei (director); Wayne Davies (treasurer); Kirsty Casey (secretary); Keith Bertrand (director); Jack Prekaski (director); Jamie Nickerson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Tumbler Ridge Museum Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 863295853RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.