Brookfield Railway Station and Heritage Society
Publicly funded institution · Brookfield, Nova Scotia · BN 887691624RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,246) as filed with the CRA.
Brookfield Railway Station and Heritage Society is a charitable organization based in Brookfield, Nova Scotia, 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 $8,687 in revenue and $6,246 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 53% 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 11% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $50 in 2024, the largest being $50 to Brookfield Pastoral Charge. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3,720 in 2020 to $8,687 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
The directors ensure success of ongoing activities building maintenance artifacts preserved and displayed and the building is accessible to the community as needed.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8,687 | $6,246 | $766 | — | $50 | $75K |
| 2023 | $6,314 | $6,444 | $6,185 | — | — | $65K |
| 2022 | $2,294 | $4,664 | $4,512 | — | — | $58K |
| 2021 | $3,914 | $4,341 | $4,249 | — | — | $53K |
| 2020 | $3,720 | $5,921 | $4,940 | — | — | $50K |
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:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$3,945
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Donna Matheson (director); Terry Henderson (director); Judy Matheson (director); Ruth Matheson (director); Keith Best (treasurer); Lisa Henderson (secretary); William Harrison (director); Glenn Illsley (president); Patsy McCullum (director); Betty Roop (director); Evelyn Negus (director); Larry Archibald (director); Teri Rayner (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Brookfield Railway Station and Heritage Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887691624RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.