BRITISH COLUMBIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
Charitable organizationSupport of schools and education·PO BOX 88054 LANSDOWNE MALL · RICHMOND, BC · V6X 3T6·BN 118818608RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
The Society holds monthly meetings in personal and virtually and educational workshops to promote the study of genealogy. The BCGS Library Centre is open to members and the public three days a week. The Society compiles transcribes and publishes historical information by British Columbia members of the Society. The Society promotes the Study of Genealogy and the preservation of records.
New programs
The Society is offering educational courses in the preparation of family histories. Currently indexing newspapers to allow access to historical genealogical information. The society has subscribed to commercial genealogical databases to facilitate access to genealogical information.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure.
Cents to cause
T1 · computed (open data)75¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 75¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)25%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)—
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$31K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)11%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)0%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $23K | 14¢ | 86% | 18.2 yr |
| 2020-12-31 | $23K | 18¢ | 60% | 20.6 yr |
| 2021-12-31 | $30K | 17¢ | 93% | 17.5 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $27K | 79¢ | 21% | — |
| 2023-12-31 | $27K | 75¢ | 25% | — |
| 2024-12-31 | $31K | 75¢ | 25% | — |
| trend |
From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
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Board of directors
16 directors reported · 16 of 16at arm's length
- BELZER, CLAIREVICE-PRESIDENTarm's length
- ROBINSON, EUNICEPRESIDENTarm's length
- UELAND, JUDITHDIRECTORarm's length
- MACKENZIE, TERRIDIRECTORarm's length
- KUJAWSKI, KIMDIRECTORarm's length
- HOWARD, YVETTEDIRECTORarm's length
- GRAF, JANSECRETARYarm's length
- JOHNSON, SHELDONTREASURERarm's length
- GALPIN, JUDITHDIRECTORarm's length
- WILSON, SHERYLDIRECTORarm's length
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- FLETCHER, CAROL LYNNEDIRECTORarm's length
- Robinson, EunicePast Presidentarm's length
- Howard, YvettePresidentarm's length
- Smith, AnneSociety Secretaryarm's length
- Laing, MoynaAdministrative Secretaryarm's length
- Fleury, LindaDirectorarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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