Wells Historical Society
Publicly funded institution · Wells, British Columbia · BN 108196197RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,166) as filed with the CRA.
Wells Historical Society is a charitable organization based in Wells, 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 $9,088 in revenue and $10K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 58% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $736.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $26K in 2020 to $9,088 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Operation of the Wells Museum including educational activities and school tours development of museum archives and displays care and cataloguing of museum collections and support for community heritage conservation programs. Care and maintenance of the museum facility. Maintenance and improvement of the society website. Internship program to work on archival photos. We are also continuing with the project to restore the Island Mountain Dry building and hope to launch a fundraising campaign in the next 12 months.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9,088 | $10K | $10K | — | $0 | $150K |
| 2023 | $9,866 | $12K | $12K | — | $0 | $164K |
| 2022 | $27K | $30K | $30K | — | — | $167K |
| 2021 | $23K | $23K | $23K | — | — | $170K |
| 2020 | $26K | $23K | $23K | — | $0 | $150K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $736 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$2,040
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mary Laing (president); Mandy Kilsby (vice-president); Judy Campbell (secretary/treasurer); Deborah McKay (director); Stewart Cawood (director); Hayley Archer (director); Thomas Dombowsky (director); Maria Dombowsky (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Wells Historical Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108196197RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.