Vancouver Museum Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 837012624RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,395,957) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Museum Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, 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 $3.3M in revenue and $3.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 54% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $71K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 27 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
To fund facilitate promote and carry out activities and programs which are beneficial to the community through the operation of the vancouver museum.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.3M | $3.4M | $2.9M | $176K | — | $354K |
| 2023 | $3.4M | $3.4M | $2.9M | $121K | — | $472K |
| 2022 | $3M | $3M | $2.6M | $100K | — | $413K |
| 2021 | $3.5M | $3M | $2.2M | $112K | — | $406K |
| 2020 | $3.4M | $3.2M | $2.4M | $141K | — | -$112K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $71K from 6 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
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions27
- Total compensation, all staff$2.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Janice George (board member); Bruce Miller (chair); Anandra Singh (treasurer); Leona Sparrow (board member); Cameron Burke (board member); Brenda Van Engelen (board member); Jane McFadden (board member); Hannamari Jalovaara (board member); Deborah Schachter (board member); Kathleen Reid (board member); Dennis Thomas-Whonoak (board member); Gloria Shu (vice chair); Lizzy Karp (board member); Rick Ouellet (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Museum Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 837012624RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.