Cole Harbour Rural Heritage Society
Charitable organization · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 106952153RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($427,029) as filed with the CRA.
Cole Harbour Rural Heritage Society is a charitable organization based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $428K in revenue and $427K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 45% from government. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $44K.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 84% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $270K in 2020 to $428K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Preservation of heritage buildings and properties; collection documentation exhibition and interpretation of local artifacts and archival materials; educational programming; programs illuminating farming and gardening; presentation of cultural and natural history of the area; ongoing research related to above.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $428K | $427K | $371K | $1,083 | — | $43K |
| 2023 | $426K | $426K | $369K | $5,297 | — | $43K |
| 2022 | $309K | $307K | $261K | $1,385 | — | $37K |
| 2021 | $261K | $261K | $239K | $2,290 | — | $31K |
| 2020 | $270K | $267K | $244K | $3,927 | — | $30K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $44K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$207K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Stewart (chair); Chris Mont (vice chair); Michael McFadden (secretary); Brennan Lejean (director); Judith Tulloch (director); A Lapierre (director); Alan Mitchell (director); Jon Stone (director); Krystalli Galvez (director); Shakshita Sookrauj (director); Paul Philp (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cole Harbour Rural Heritage Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106952153RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.