Chestico Museum & Historical Society
Publicly funded institution · Port Hood, Nova Scotia · BN 118851518RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($140,285) as filed with the CRA.
Chestico Museum & Historical Society is a charitable organization based in Port Hood, 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 $144K in revenue and $140K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 82% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $491.
Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $40K in 2020 to $144K in 2024.
In its own words
Research and archival collection. Accessioning of archival materials. Partnering with educational institutions to communicate local history and additions to archives. Partnering with individuals and organization for the purpose of instruction in gaelic language and culture. We continue to work closely with capre breton university to profile and document the history of our indigenous peope of cap breton island and nova scotia with a focus on documenting their presence in port hood and inverness county.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $144K | $140K | — | — | — | $609K |
| 2023 | $69K | $77K | — | — | — | $504K |
| 2022 | $75K | $61K | $7,845 | $2,125 | — | $282K |
| 2021 | $57K | $50K | $7,845 | $2,125 | — | $31K |
| 2020 | $40K | $45K | $7,845 | $2,125 | — | $24K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $491 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$43K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chestico Museum & Historical Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118851518RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.