Guysborough Historical Society
Publicly funded institution · Guysborough, Nova Scotia · BN 889715199RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($44,945) as filed with the CRA.
Guysborough Historical Society is a charitable organization based in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, 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 $51K in revenue and $45K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
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 filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Operation of the 'old court house' museum. Research centre to proivde historical and genealogical information to residents and interested parties. Maintain artifact database
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $51K | $45K | $45K | — | — | $327K |
| 2023 | $44K | $48K | $48K | — | — | $322K |
| 2022 | $56K | $46K | $46K | — | — | $325K |
| 2021 | $49K | $47K | $47K | — | — | $315K |
| 2020 | $38K | $38K | $38K | — | — | $313K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$27K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christopher Cook (president); Mark Haynes (vice president); Gabriel Bruce (treasurer); Elaine Durling (secretary); Christopher West (director); Donald Armstrong (director); Shane Sceles (director); Marsden (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Guysborough Historical Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889715199RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.