Essex and Community Historical Research Society
Publicly funded institution · Essex, Ontario · BN 859015752RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,250) as filed with the CRA.
Essex and Community Historical Research Society is a charitable organization based in Essex, 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 $7,578 in revenue and $9,250 in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations, 52% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $4.
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 10 names.
In its own words
Digitizing the land deeds completing family tree research for local and international members hosting local organizations for tours maintaining collections of museum and historical items hosting yard sales for fundraising efforts
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7,578 | $9,250 | $9,250 | — | — | — |
| 2022 | $10K | $9,900 | $9,442 | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $13K | $14K | $14K | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $9,398 | $8,570 | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $4 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$1,390
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Laurie Kowtiuk (president); Douglas Gammon (vice president); Donna Gammon (secretary); Carolyn Fuerth (treasurer); Fred Groves (director); David Lafromboise (director); Dale Harris (director); Ethel Grove (director); Joanne McMurren (director); Savannah Hayes.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Essex and Community Historical Research Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 859015752RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.