Westbank Museum and Arts and Crafts Society
Publicly funded institution · West Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 119292043RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($168,869) as filed with the CRA.
Westbank Museum and Arts and Crafts Society is a charitable organization based in West Kelowna, 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 $166K in revenue and $169K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 89% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $878.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
We continue to hold our regular activities for Family Day activities Knox Mountain Hill Climb (Kelowna) Multi-Cultural Day Westside Daze blacksmithing demonstration Halloween haunted house Remembrance Day ceremonies City of West Kelowna Christmas Light Up and displays of historical artifacts at the Westbank Regional Library and The Heritage Retirement Residence. We held our annual Christmas tea and music recital. We continued with hosting visiting groups for museum tours including various public and private schools Girl Guides of Canada the Westside Youth Ambassadors and other group…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $166K | $169K | $14K | $3,377 | $0 | $176K |
| 2023 | $182K | $203K | $11K | $0 | $0 | $179K |
| 2022 | $165K | $163K | $89K | $9,000 | $0 | $199K |
| 2021 | $190K | $169K | $94K | $23K | $0 | $197K |
| 2020 | $141K | $131K | $39K | — | — | $175K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $878 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$117K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gordon Ficke (president); Poppy Angus (vice president); Kathleen Reece (treasurer); Barbara Heaney (director); Adrian Marr (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Westbank Museum and Arts and Crafts Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119292043RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.