Yukon Historical & Museums Association
Publicly funded institution · Whitehorse, Yukon · BN 119307924RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($709,859) as filed with the CRA.
Yukon Historical & Museums Association is a charitable organization based in Whitehorse, Yukon, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $711K in revenue and $710K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from government, 10% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $28K.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 25 qualified donees totalling $178K in 2024, the largest being $13K to Little Salmon/carmacks First Nation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $289K in 2020 to $711K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Understanding and promoting heritage and history in the Yukon. We continue to build a learning environment for history and culture and the development of skills and best practices in the heritage sector. We share knowledge with the Yukon heritage community and support each other in protection and conservation projects. Most of our activities are collaborations and partnerships. Many of our events and programs honour those in the heritage sector that are dedicated to our vision. Manage Heritage Training Fund
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $711K | $710K | $164K | — | $441K | $94K |
| 2023 | $281K | $280K | $174K | $0 | $54K | $92K |
| 2022 | $263K | $257K | $34K | $0 | $8,621 | $89K |
| 2021 | $324K | $314K | $194K | $1,013 | $23K | $83K |
| 2020 | $289K | $264K | $200K | — | $5,559 | $73K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $178K to 25 qualified donees:
- Little Salmon/carmacks First Nation$13K
- Yukon Conservation Society$10K
- The Yukon Transportation Museum Society$8,250
- Yukon Wildlife Preserve Operating Society$7,500
- Yukon Arts Centre Corporation$7,500
- Village of Mayo$7,500
- Village of Haines Junction$7,500
- Village of Carmacks$7,500
- Tr'Ondëk Hwëch'in First Nation$7,500
- Town of Faro$7,500
- Teslin Tlingit Council$7,500
- Macbride Museum Society$7,500
- Liard First Nation$7,500
- Kwanlin Dün First Nation$7,500
- Dawson City Museum Society$7,500
- Dawson City Arts Society$7,500
- City of Whitehorse$7,500
- City of Dawson$7,500
- Carcross/tagish First Nations$7,500
- Town of Watson Lake$6,646
- Boys and Girls Club of Yukon$6,330
- Blood Ties Four Directions Centre Society$6,000
- Selkirk First Nation$5,692
- Dawson City Shelter Society$2,715
- Champagne and Aishihik First Nations-$254
Received $28K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$97K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Allison Belshaw (director); Sylvie Binette (secretary); Catherine Hines (treasurer); Georgianna Low (vice-president); Sally Robinson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Yukon Historical & Museums Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119307924RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.