Dartmouth Heritage Museum Society
Publicly funded institution · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 890030521RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($200,425) as filed with the CRA.
Dartmouth Heritage Museum Society is a charitable organization based in Dartmouth, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $246K in revenue and $200K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $980.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 7% of peers. 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.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
On behalf of the hrm the dhms manages preserves protects and promotes the use of the collection related to the history of halifax. The dhms operates two historic homes located in dartmouth. Volunteers are actively engaged in a variety of ways contributing over 2 000 hours of their time to help support the organization.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $246K | $200K | $53K | $2,672 | — | $134K |
| 2023 | $205K | $217K | $47K | $2,340 | — | $88K |
| 2022 | $191K | $248K | $47K | $2,340 | — | $78K |
| 2021 | $223K | $190K | $31K | $131 | — | $92K |
| 2020 | $217K | $201K | $43K | $2,458 | — | $59K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $980 from 1 charity:
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$144K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Liam Caswell (chair); Elaine Moody; Michael Craven (treasurer); Courtney Mrazek (secretary); Beth Vallis (director); Emilie O'Brien (director); Brigid Milway (director); Lauren Oostveen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Dartmouth Heritage Museum Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890030521RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.