Cape Sable Historical Society
Publicly funded institution · Barrington, Nova Scotia · BN 106871262RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($379,727) as filed with the CRA.
Cape Sable Historical Society is a charitable organization based in Barrington, 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 $376K in revenue and $380K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $105.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 1% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Historical & genealogical research; managing & operating two nova scotia museum sites (barrington woolen mill old meeting house); own & operate two community museums (seal island light western counties military); historical presentations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $376K | $380K | $1,384 | $562 | $0 | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $403K | $576K | $47K | $25 | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | $279K |
| 2021 | $480K | $381K | $0 | $261 | — | $677K |
| 2020 | $327K | $230K | — | $134 | — | $602K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $105 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andrew Goreham (president); Kathy Johnson (director); Ruth Kelly (director); Julie Smith (officer); Patricia Hudson (director); Eurnice Rennenhan (director); Kimberly Goreham (director); Morgan Leary (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cape Sable Historical Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106871262RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.