Coastal Museum Foundation Inc.
Publicly funded institution · ST John's, Newfoundland and Labrador · BN 895769719RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($86,070) as filed with the CRA.
Coastal Museum Foundation Inc. is a charitable organization based in ST John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, 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 $72K in revenue and $86K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5,757.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The railway coastal museum is dedicated to interpreting the history of the newfoundland railway system from its inception in the late 1880s to its closure in 1986 as well as at the history of the provincial coastal boat service.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $72K | $86K | $86K | — | — | $44K |
| 2023 | $115K | $109K | $109K | — | — | $50K |
| 2022 | $132K | $97K | $97K | — | — | $49K |
| 2021 | $86K | $72K | $72K | — | — | $13K |
| 2020 | $104K | $104K | — | — | — | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,757 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$58K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Donald Barnes (chair); J.P Coady (secretary); Sherry Welsh (treasurer); Erin Skinner (city representative); Susanne Gulliver; Wayne Greenland (cn pensioner representative); Ronald Penny (past chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Coastal Museum Foundation Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 895769719RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.