Fort la Reine Museum Pioneer Village and Tourist Bureau Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Portage la Prairie RM, Manitoba · BN 107394660RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($214,087) as filed with the CRA.
Fort la Reine Museum Pioneer Village and Tourist Bureau Inc. is a charitable organization based in Portage la Prairie RM, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under foundations. 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 $191K in revenue and $214K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 65% from government, 6% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 54 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 72% of peers. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $291K in 2020 to $191K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Heritage preservation archival research public education programming operational fundraising 500+ volunteer hours for facility maintenance community outreach initiatives travel exhibition venue historic venue multi-cultural programming audio tours hands-on heritage programming. Open may-oct.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $191K | $214K | $208K | — | — | $386K |
| 2023 | $199K | $176K | $171K | — | — | $409K |
| 2022 | $227K | $147K | $143K | — | — | $380K |
| 2021 | $260K | $186K | $184K | — | — | $300K |
| 2020 | $291K | $140K | $137K | — | — | $315K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $11K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$133K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ryan Kontzie (chair); Roy Tufford (director); Bob Tilk (director); Faron Nicholls (director); Darryl Taylor (director); Sharon Bailey (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fort la Reine Museum Pioneer Village and Tourist Bureau Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107394660RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.