Cobourg Museum Foundation Inc
Publicly funded institution · Cobourg, Ontario · BN 879869121RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($59,832) as filed with the CRA.
Cobourg Museum Foundation Inc is a charitable organization based in Cobourg, Ontario, 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 $41K in revenue and $60K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 35% from donations, 50% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $17K.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $144K in 2020 to $41K in 2024.
In its own words
The Cobourg Museum Foundation continues to operate the Sifton-Cook Heritage Centre which is normally open to the public from Mid-May to Mid-October 'bringing our story back to life' through story panels videos lecture artifacts and speakers. An operating outdoor model train illustrates the story of our early railroads bringing lumber and iron ore for shipment through Cobourg Harbour. Exhibits normally change annually. CMF volunteers create and service the exhibits each year act as guides for visitors provide administrative support engage with stakeholders and much more. In 2023 ther…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $41K | $60K | $49K | — | $7,000 | $75K |
| 2023 | $91K | $83K | $54K | — | $0 | $75K |
| 2022 | $91K | $92K | $92K | — | $0 | $79K |
| 2021 | $27K | $29K | $29K | — | — | $80K |
| 2020 | $144K | $133K | $133K | — | $0 | $82K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $17K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$15K
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 Cobourg Museum Foundation Inc’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 879869121RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.