Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Morden, Manitoba · BN 119045953RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($593,905) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre Inc. is a charitable organization based in Morden, Manitoba, 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 $586K in revenue and $594K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 72% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $77K.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $302 in 2024, the largest being $302 to Morden Area Foundation Inc. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The collection preservation study exhibition and interpretation of palaeontological specimens from southern manitoba
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $586K | $594K | $566K | $3,081 | $302 | $213K |
| 2023 | $593K | $589K | $551K | $11K | $524 | $221K |
| 2022 | $556K | $573K | $539K | $679 | $2,533 | $216K |
| 2021 | $560K | $515K | $489K | $679 | — | $233K |
| 2020 | $463K | $342K | $307K | $720 | $5,978 | $189K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $302 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $77K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$204K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Aaron Crossman (chair); Monica Rodriguez Diez (director); Kristin Brink (director); Henry Penner (co-chair); Jeff Carson (treasurer); Robert McCulloch (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119045953RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.