Cumberland County Genealogical Society
Charitable organization · Amherst, Nova Scotia · BN 866714991RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($23,408) as filed with the CRA.
Cumberland County Genealogical Society is a charitable organization based in Amherst, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $21K in revenue and $23K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from donations, 23% 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 36% of peers.
In its own words
With the reduction of Covid restrictions we were able to reopen our office and continue business in person as well as via e-mail and other electronic means. We provided research assistance to a large number of students researchers and other members of the public from all over the country/world. We continued to acquire items to add to our archives and continued to produce our quarterly newsletter which contains many interesting articles on historical and genealogical events from the past. Through our website Facebook page and other electronic means we continued to promote the rich heritage …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $21K | $23K | $19K | — | — | $89K |
| 2023 | $26K | $16K | $14K | — | $0 | $75K |
| 2022 | $59K | $23K | $19K | — | $0 | $82K |
| 2021 | $19K | $19K | $18K | — | — | $8,003 |
| 2020 | $18K | $16K | $16K | — | — | $15K |
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.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cumberland County Genealogical Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866714991RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.