Forest - Lambton Museum Society
Publicly funded institution · Forest, Ontario · BN 879157121RR0001 · Public Amenities
No spending breakdown could be derived from this charity’s most recent filing — the receipt can’t be printed. The figures it did file are below.
Forest - Lambton Museum Society is a charitable organization based in Forest, 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 $27K in revenue and $28K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from donations, 51% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3,447.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 0% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $16K in 2020 to $27K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Our summer students have a walking tour and brochure made so people can take the waking tour at their leisure. We initiated bicycle tours in 2023 and it was a huge success with full attendance at each tour set up twice a month. The tour went all around Forest to historical buildings and houses with a historical guide. We had several school groups visit the museum and encourage more to come next year. we attend and participate in the Steam Threshers reunion Forest Fall Fair sidewalk days downtown to promote the museum and history of our surrounding area. In 2024 we hosted an English Tea to…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $27K | $28K | $0 | — | $0 | $99K |
| 2023 | $18K | $24K | $0 | — | $0 | $97K |
| 2022 | $35K | $43K | $0 | — | $0 | $103K |
| 2021 | $14K | $16K | $0 | — | $0 | $53K |
| 2020 | $16K | $6,121 | $0 | — | $0 | $115K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3,447 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Linda Koolen (secretary); Betty Jones (treasurer); Sandra Burkhart (director); Beverly McLean (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Forest - Lambton Museum Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 879157121RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.