Gurd and Area Historical Corporation
Charitable organization · Commanda, Ontario · BN 886666197RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($63,939) as filed with the CRA.
Gurd and Area Historical Corporation is a charitable organization based in Commanda, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $49K in revenue and $64K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 49% from government.
Compared with 2,652 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $14K in 2020 to $49K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
MAINTAINING A HERITAGE BUILDING AND OPERATING A SEASONAL MUSEUM GIFT SHOP AND TEA HOUSE. OUR VOLUNTEERS SPENT HUNDREDS OF HOURS MAINTAINING THE BUILDINGS OPENING THE MUSEUM SHOP AND TEA HOUSE AND DOING ADMINISTRATIVE WORK. WE HIRED three students IN 2023 TO ASSIST WHILE THE MUSEUM WAS OPEN.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $49K | $64K | $46K | — | — | $199K |
| 2023 | $163K | $20K | $20K | $0 | $0 | $88K |
| 2022 | $14K | $10K | — | — | — | $95K |
| 2021 | $16K | $15K | — | — | — | $108K |
| 2020 | $14K | $57K | $52K | — | — | $107K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$4,237
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Darlene Erskine (president); Jennifer Bowman (director of artifacts); Debra Leeming (secretary); Jonathan Harris (treasurer); Gord McLaren (director-at-large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gurd and Area Historical Corporation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886666197RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.