Friends of the Head Harbour Lightstation Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Wilson's Beach, New Brunswick · BN 884017617RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($42,105) as filed with the CRA.
Friends of the Head Harbour Lightstation Inc. is a charitable organization based in Wilson's Beach, New Brunswick, 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 October 31, 2024, it reported $65K in revenue and $42K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 55% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $24.
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 reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $27K in 2020 to $65K in 2024.
In its own words
Three volunteers spent 25 hrs repairing storm damage to lightstation boathouse. Four volunteers spent 20 hrs. Painting lightstation summer students & volunteers lead ongoing tours of the lightstation tower.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $65K | $42K | $42K | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $64K | $57K | $56K | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $67K | $53K | $53K | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $46K | $35K | $35K | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $27K | $51K | $51K | — | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $24 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$20K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friends of the Head Harbour Lightstation Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 884017617RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.