Chester Municipal Heritage Society
Charitable organization · Chester, Nova Scotia · BN 118851468RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($147,888) as filed with the CRA.
Chester Municipal Heritage Society is a charitable organization based in Chester, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $69K in revenue and $148K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 120% from donations, 36% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $15K.
Compared with 2,652 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $33K in 2020 to $69K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Accession work data base updates scanning of photos and documents historical research geneology collections and displays including oak island and forman hawboldt. Continued historical research of places within the municipality. Picnic in the park march dinner july picnic station 20 craft shoppe and museum-contains explore oak island exhibit forman hawboldt exhibit gold mining display chester train station display and nova scotia's first female farrier display.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $69K | $148K | $114K | $19K | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $101K | $130K | $23K | $8,887 | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $125K | $169K | — | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $101K | $104K | — | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $33K | $77K | — | — | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $15K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$12K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Wayne Cameron (vice chair); Jayne Campbell (director); James Corkum (director); Lawrence Ryan (director); Danny Hennigar (director); Eleanor Hirtle (director); James Isaacs (treasurer); Carol Nauss (chair); Frances Underwood (director); Dudley Grove (director); Carol Dodds (director); Emily Gore (director); Leigh Robertson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chester Municipal Heritage Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118851468RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.