Fashion History Museum
Charitable organization · Stratford, Ontario · BN 820621290RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($451,706) as filed with the CRA.
Fashion History Museum is a charitable organization based in Stratford, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $411K in revenue and $452K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 41% from donations, 41% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $144K.
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 46% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The Fashion History Museum could not accomplish its programs events and exhibition installations without the help of its volunteer core. In addition the Board of Directors devote many hours in stewarding the organization guiding strategic growth helping at events and providing governance and expertise in each of their fields. The FHM is very fortunate that a conservator has devoted almost weekly visits to take on preserving items in the collection that require care for sharing with the public on display or for researchers to study them by appointment. Collectively 26 volunteers donated 6 6…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $411K | $452K | $359K | $10K | $0 | $818K |
| 2023 | $384K | $431K | $319K | $16K | $0 | $840K |
| 2022 | $554K | $453K | $374K | $5,524 | $0 | $796K |
| 2021 | $491K | $563K | $478K | $35K | $0 | $690K |
| 2020 | $342K | $239K | $196K | $15K | — | $532K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $144K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$174K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kenneth Norman (past chair); Ian Drummond (chair); Diane Gallinger (accessibility director); Iris Simpson (director); Caroline Valeriote (director); Jeffery Kong (director); Bronte Behling (secretary); Rachel Kaufman Behling (vice chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fashion History Museum’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 820621290RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.