U'Mista Cultural Society
Charitable organization · Alert Bay, British Columbia · BN 108149022RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,785,171) as filed with the CRA.
U'Mista Cultural Society is a charitable organization based in Alert Bay, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $3.5M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 47% from donations, 34% from government, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $248K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 90% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 24 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $816K in 2020 to $3.5M in 2024.
In its own words
1 Operates as a First Nations museum and repatriates Kwakwaka'wakw artifacts and objects. 2 Promotes and encourages First Nations art culture and cultural awareness. 3 Promotes research of Kwak'wala culture and genealogy. 4 Recovers lost Kwak'wala language. 5 Facilitates the advancement of tourism to the museum.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.5M | $1.8M | $1.6M | $14K | — | $6.3M |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $1.5M | $1.4M | $8,821 | — | $4.5M |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $1.5M | $1.4M | $7,685 | $25K | $4.2M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $798K | $766K | $11K | — | $3.8M |
| 2020 | $816K | $910K | $878K | $9,064 | — | $3.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $248K from 10 charities:
- Future Generations Foundation$124K
- The Annual Foundation$100K
- Music Education Charity of Canada$15K
- Vancouver Foundation$3,200
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,083
- The Hamber Foundation$2,000
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$1,044
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$243
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$115
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,99915 positions
- Permanent full-time positions24
- Total compensation, all staff$619K
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 U'Mista Cultural Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108149022RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.