Essex County Steam & Gas Engine Museum
Charitable organization · McGregor, Ontario · BN 868405028RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($94,406) as filed with the CRA.
Essex County Steam & Gas Engine Museum is a charitable organization based in McGregor, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $65K in revenue and $94K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $642.
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 9% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 86% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $30K in 2020 to $65K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Giving educational tours to promote public interest of late 19th & early 20th century gas and steam powered engines and antique tractors and maintain a static display.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $65K | $94K | $13K | $34K | — | $595K |
| 2023 | $121K | $54K | — | — | — | $626K |
| 2022 | $60K | $36K | — | $17K | — | $260K |
| 2021 | $44K | $26K | — | $8,894 | — | $361K |
| 2020 | $30K | $26K | — | — | — | $330K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $642 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gary Struhar (president); Francis Roelens (vice president); William Dunn (secretary); Brenda Allen (treasurer); David Badlan (director); Gilbert Beaulieu (director); Roger Langis (director); Bernard Meloche (director); Brian Small (director); Jerry Struhar (director); Richard Trimble (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Essex County Steam & Gas Engine Museum’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 868405028RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.