Burlington Museums Board
Publicly funded institution · Burlington, Ontario · BN 888340643RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,168,811) as filed with the CRA.
Burlington Museums Board is a charitable organization based in Burlington, 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 $1.3M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 65% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $32K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
1. We provide daily miseum tours 2. We provide annual exhibition program 3. We provide curriculum-based education programs including march break pa day and summer camps and adult programs. 4. We provide youth group programs (sparks beavers embers etc) 5. We provide an annual program of special events and activities. 6.we provide for the care of artifacts and archival materials in the collections. 7. Seventy-seven (77) volunteers contributed 3 508 hours towards these activities. 8. We organize and implement the annual doors open burlington program
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $271K | $28K | — | $1.9M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $207K | $31K | — | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $286K | $21K | — | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $202K | $22K | — | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.3M | $98K | $33K | $50 | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $32K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$693K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bryan Beatty (chair); Len Collins (vice-chair); Julia McNutty (treasurer); Adam Belovari (director); Simone Bilato (director); Shawna Stolte (director); Gerald Park (special advisor non-voting).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Burlington Museums Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888340643RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.