FRIENDS OF THE ASHTON ARMOURY MUSEUM SOCIETY
Public foundationPublic amenities·724 VANALMAN AVE · VICTORIA, BC · V8Z 3B5·BN 840778658RR0001
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
This is a foundation: it mostly grants money to other charities, so program-spending ratios are the wrong lens. We show the share of spending disbursed to qualified donees instead.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
The Society continues to support the LGen E.C. Ashton Armoury Museum by providing financial and in-kind volunteers support. During the fiscal period the museum hosed and/or participated in 13 in-house and 10 off-site events including: museum tours for schools and community groups (400); and participation in seven off-site events such as Fort Macaulay Day (500) UN Peacekeepers Memorial Ceremony (300) Victoria's Victoria Day (10 000) and Sidney's Canada Day (5 500) parades BC Aviation Museum's Annual Open-House (1 800) D Day Commemoration (400) and the Greater Victoria Militaria Fair and S… Show more
The Society continues to support the LGen E.C. Ashton Armoury Museum by providing financial and in-kind volunteers support. During the fiscal period the museum hosed and/or participated in 13 in-house and 10 off-site events including: museum tours for schools and community groups (400); and participation in seven off-site events such as Fort Macaulay Day (500) UN Peacekeepers Memorial Ceremony (300) Victoria's Victoria Day (10 000) and Sidney's Canada Day (5 500) parades BC Aviation Museum's Annual Open-House (1 800) D Day Commemoration (400) and the Greater Victoria Militaria Fair and Sale (600). The museum also provided exhibits/displays in support of the Victoria Family History Centre (100) the Royal Canadian Legion (200) and the Broadmead Veterans Lodge (75). NOTE: The figure in brackets indicates audience numbers.
New programs
There were no new programs during the fiscal period.
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.
Disbursed to qualified donees
T1 · computed (open data)—
Per its F2024 T3010, this share of total spending went to other registered charities.
T3010 line 5050 ÷ 5100 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)15%
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)$34K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)6%
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)33%
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 | $24K | 66¢ | 34% | — |
| 2020-12-31 | $20K | 79¢ | 21% | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $44K | 78¢ | 22% | — |
| 2022-12-31 | $20K | 80¢ | 20% | — |
| 2023-12-31 | $16K | 88¢ | 12% | — |
| 2024-12-31 | $34K | 85¢ | 15% | — |
| 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
8 directors reported · 6 of 8at arm's length
- MCNEILL, PAULPRESIDENTarm's length
- LAURSEN, PETERVICE PRESIDENTarm's length
- BANNISTER, GRANTSECRETARYarm's length
- DAUPHINEE, WAYNETREASURERnot at arm's length
- ENQUIST, GORDONDIRECTORarm's length
- DAUPHINEE, NANCYDIRECTORnot at arm's length
- PRESTON, CHRISDIRECTORarm's length
- KOROLYK, DANDIRECTORarm'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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