KETTLE RIVER MUSEUM
Charitable organizationPublic amenities·BOX 149 · MIDWAY, BC · V0H 1M0·BN 118980242RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
Cents to cause T1
44¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
56%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
—
not in this filing
Revenue T1
$84K
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
Common questions
How do I donate to Kettle River Museum?
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Is Kettle River Museum a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 118980242RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is Kettle River Museum located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is BOX 149, MIDWAY, BC, V0H 1M0. Source.
What does Kettle River Museum do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "The main museum CPR station house caboose & section house have interpretive exhibits archival material depicting the area's cultural railway mining forestry and agricultural heritage. KRM partners with the Greenwood Museum for genealogy research. Cataloging photographs general store exhibit Provincial Police…" Full program description.
How much of Kettle River Museum's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 44¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Kettle River Museum?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $84K (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's under $1M revenue band, alongside 27,629 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
The main museum CPR station house caboose & section house have interpretive exhibits archival material depicting the area's cultural railway mining forestry and agricultural heritage. KRM partners with the Greenwood Museum for genealogy research. Cataloging photographs general store exhibit Provincial Police exhibit.
New programs
Ongoing work to restore the 1894 school house and continued discussion with Indigenous bands for future exhibit space. Begin an outdoor forestry exhibit expand on the indoor forestry exhibit; looking into sharing museum space with local artists for commission sales.
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. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
44¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 44¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 89¢ among those its size (under $1M).
this charity 44¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
56%
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 ↗ · what this means
—
Not reported in this filing: the return leaves out the lines this figure needs, so we show nothing rather than an estimate.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$84K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)35%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
35%
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 ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
35%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
35%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
30%
T3010 remainder ÷ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-10-15 | $105K | 88¢ | 12% | 0.1 yr |
| 2020-10-15 | $23K | 70¢ | 30% | — |
| 2021-10-15 | $51K | 81¢ | 19% | 0.8 yr |
| 2022-10-15 | $105K | 63¢ | 37% | 0.4 yr |
| 2023-10-15 | $66K | 82¢ | 18% | 0.4 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $4K | 38¢ | 62% | — |
| 2024-12-31 | $84K | 44¢ | 56% | — |
| trend |
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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)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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Board of directors
8 directors reported · 6 of 8at arm's length
- Anderson, AnnaDirectorarm's length
- Dunham, SilasVice Chairpersonarm's length
- Fromme, ElaineDirectornot at arm's length
- Fromme, MartinChairpersonnot at arm's length
- Gordon, JonesDirectorarm's length
- Steer, BrendaTreasurerarm's length
- Kohlhauser, JohnTreasurerarm's length
- Bot, CaseyDirectorarm'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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