Canadian Museums Association- Association des Musées Canadiens
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 106864374RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($12,446,945) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Museums Association- Association des Musées Canadiens is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, 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 $12.5M in revenue and $12.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,574.
Compared with 54 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 26 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Young canada works (youth employment initiatives) muse magazine cma news website and other publications in person/online conferences simposia and workshops moved to actions (reconciliation/rematriation) projects membership programs (awards bursaries complimentary admissions insurance)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12.5M | $12.4M | $11.8M | — | — | $798K |
| 2023 | $11.8M | $11.8M | $11.4M | — | — | $790K |
| 2022 | $13.8M | $13.9M | $13.3M | — | — | $746K |
| 2021 | $13.2M | $12.8M | $12.4M | — | — | $804K |
| 2020 | $9.5M | $9.5M | $7.1M | $55K | — | $182K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,574 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,574
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions26
- Total compensation, all staff$1.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sandra Zapata (vice-president); Pailagi Pandya (director); Dorota Blumczynska (vice-president); Sophie Yamauchi Latimer (director); Madeline Smolarz (president); Marie-Claude Mongeon (director); Kels Delamarter (director); Maggie Macintrye (director); Jeff Ward (director); Meaghan Patterson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Museums Association- Association des Musées Canadiens’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106864374RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.