Victoria Civic Heritage Trust
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 131495301RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($788,210) as filed with the CRA.
Victoria Civic Heritage Trust is a charitable organization based in Victoria, 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 $1.8M in revenue and $788K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,000.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The vcht provides grants to owners of designated heritage buildings in the city of victoria to assist in the rehabilitation and retention of these heritage structures. It also administers on behalf of the city a property tax incentive program to achieve these same results. A website is also maintained that is available to the public and particularly visitors who with to access information on heritage sites and attractions in the victoria bc area.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $788K | $628K | — | — | $4.5M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.1M | — | — | $4.8M |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $218K | $88K | — | — | $3.5M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $510K | $385K | — | — | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $782K | $624K | — | — | $2.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $2,000 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gail Reaney (past president); Ian Sutherland (director); Arthur Joyce (secretary-treasurer); Pamela Madoff (director); Kate Ulmer (vice-president); Suzanne Powell (president); Steve Barber (director); Matt Dell (city council appointee); Miroslaw Paprotny (director); Kevin Pickwick (director); Robert Sousa (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Victoria Civic Heritage Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131495301RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.