Guelph Black Heritage Society
Publicly funded institution · Guelph, Ontario · BN 801583907RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-02-28. Split of total expenditures ($437,497) as filed with the CRA.
Guelph Black Heritage Society is a charitable organization based in Guelph, 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 February 28, 2024, it reported $384K in revenue and $437K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 58% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $38K.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the guelph black heritage society(gbhs) is to preserve the historical significance of the bme church by creating a cultural historical and social centre within guelph and wellington county. The gbhs also provides to community the opportunity to learn about the community’s black heritage by staging presentations during black history month emancipation day and throughout the year. These presentations may include talks/lectures from members of the community displays of newspaper articles poster and books dramatic presentations and poetry readings. The gbhs is also a resource f…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $384K | $437K | $372K | — | — | $80K |
| 2023 | $424K | $362K | $308K | — | — | $133K |
| 2022 | $278K | $268K | $228K | — | — | $71K |
| 2021 | $295K | $164K | $141K | — | — | $558K |
| 2020 | $349K | $73K | $61K | — | — | $427K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $38K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$72K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Denise Francis (president/treasurer); Kayla Gerber (executive director); Joy Sammy (director); Nathan Lawr (director); Christine Sutherland (director); Alicia Bowland (director); Keira Lewis (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Guelph Black Heritage Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 801583907RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.