Birthplace NHA/NHL Museum
Publicly funded institution · Renfrew, Ontario · BN 837821883RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($17,301) as filed with the CRA.
Birthplace NHA/NHL Museum is a charitable organization based in Renfrew, Ontario, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $19K in revenue and $17K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from donations, 75% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $50 in 2024, the largest being $50 to The Corporation of the Town of Renfrew. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The emphasis of the birth place nha/nhl museum is on educating visitors about the history of the nha from 1909-1917 and the role of m.j o'brien and his son ambrose of renfrew played in creating the national hockey association (nha) in 1909 before it evolved into the nhl 1917.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $19K | $17K | $5,678 | — | $50 | $27K |
| 2023 | $16K | $22K | $16K | — | $100 | $25K |
| 2022 | $24K | — | $4,660 | — | — | $29K |
| 2021 | $13K | — | — | — | — | $18K |
| 2020 | $15K | — | — | — | — | $21K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $50 to 1 qualified donee:
- The Corporation of the Town of Renfrew$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$8,362
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Barker (chair); Martin Blimkie (historian); Sandi Heins (director); Frank Cosentino (director); Peter Clark (director); John Hunt (director); Bonnie Hastings (executive administrator); Geoff Patterson (director); Tom Rousselle (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Birthplace NHA/NHL Museum’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 837821883RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.