Cape Breton Miners Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Glace Bay, Nova Scotia · BN 118837624RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($859,593) as filed with the CRA.
Cape Breton Miners Foundation is a charitable organization based in Glace Bay, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $840K in revenue and $860K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $448.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $416K in 2020 to $840K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Cape breton miners foundation (miners museum) pays tribute to the regions long and rich history of coal mining. It is home to profound stories of miners and their families and the rescource that helped build a nation. The museum is also home to the famous choir of miners - the men of the deeps. The museum operates an underground tour of the ocean deeps colliery a coal mine located beneath the museum building. Retired coal miners act as guides for this excursion underground. The exhibit area foucses on the geological development of cape breton s coal field. Learn all about the various types o…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $840K | $860K | $711K | $44K | — | $3.9M |
| 2023 | $875K | $857K | $761K | — | — | $3.9M |
| 2022 | $630K | $688K | $597K | — | — | $3.9M |
| 2021 | $328K | $503K | $419K | — | — | $4M |
| 2020 | $416K | $1.1M | $472K | — | — | $4.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $448 from 2 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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$283K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Kerr (chair); David Forrester (member at large); Bob Macdonald (member at large); Barry Gabriel (member at large); Rodger Cuzner (member at large); Shannon Campbell (member at large); Catherine Arseneau (member at large); Del Muise (member at large); Brett Simmons (treasurer); Candee McCarthy (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cape Breton Miners Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118837624RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.