British Columbia · Registered charity
THE MARITIME MUSEUM OF BRITISH COLUMBIA SOCIETY
THE MARITIME MUSEUM OF BRITISH COLUMBIA SOCIETY (British Columbia) receives grants from 18 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$284,880 to it, the largest being THE VICTORIA FOUNDATION (C$193,076). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE MARITIME MUSEUM OF BRITISH COLUMBIA SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 690 public amenities nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 690 public amenities nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Robert & Devi Jawl Foundationlocalportfolio match
- Tony and Mignon Fenton Trustlocal
- Dogwood Heritage Society of B.C.portfolio match
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 31% · 2018 38% · 2019 28% · 2020 21% · 2021 55% · 2022 44% · 2023 24% · 2024 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
83% of THE MARITIME MUSEUM OF BRITISH COLUMBIA SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (5% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose C$8k → C$85k.
From the CRA filings of THE MARITIME MUSEUM OF BRITISH COLUMBIA SOCIETY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 17 of 18 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE MARITIME MUSEUM OF BRITISH COLUMBIA SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE MARITIME MUSEUM OF BRITISH COLUMBIA SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 77% · 2019 100% · 2020 90% · 2021 86% · 2022 74% · 2023 49% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
29% of THE MARITIME MUSEUM OF BRITISH COLUMBIA SOCIETY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
82% of THE MARITIME MUSEUM OF BRITISH COLUMBIA SOCIETY's grant income comes from British Columbia funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 18 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Robert & Devi Jawl Foundationlocalportfolio matchBC · funds 7 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Tony and Mignon Fenton TrustlocalON · funds 6 organizations near you
- Dogwood Heritage Society of B.C.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Willow Grove Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Gmr Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Frank & Joan Lew Charitable Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Clayoquot Biosphere Trust Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Pacific Salmon Foundation/Fondation Du Saumon Du Pacifiqueportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Christopher Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Audain Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Canadian Association of Science Centres L'Association Canadienne Des Centre de Sciencesportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- United Way Southern Vancouver Islandshared funderslocalBC · backs 51 organizations that share your funders · funds 28 organizations near you
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government revenue THE MARITIME MUSEUM OF BRITISH COLUMBIA SOCIETY reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 11% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like THE MARITIME MUSEUM OF BRITISH COLUMBIA SOCIETY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every charity on the CRA register — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In British Columbia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
50% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE MARITIME MUSEUM OF BRITISH COLUMBIA SOCIETY?
- THE MARITIME MUSEUM OF BRITISH COLUMBIA SOCIETY (British Columbia) receives grants from 18 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$284,880 to it, the largest being THE VICTORIA FOUNDATION (C$193,076). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE MARITIME MUSEUM OF BRITISH COLUMBIA SOCIETY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 18 organizations giving C$284,880 in grants to THE MARITIME MUSEUM OF BRITISH COLUMBIA SOCIETY, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MARITIME MUSEUM OF BRITISH COLUMBIA SOCIETY?
- THE VICTORIA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$193,076 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MARITIME MUSEUM OF BRITISH COLUMBIA SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in British Columbia.
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These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 18 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported September 23, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register