Harrow Early Immigrant Research Society (H E I R S)
Publicly funded institution · Harrow, Ontario · BN 118953603RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($23,415) as filed with the CRA.
Harrow Early Immigrant Research Society (H E I R S) is a charitable organization based in Harrow, 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 April 30, 2024, it reported $20K in revenue and $23K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 64% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $521.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The purpose of he harrow early immigrant research society iincludes the preservation of local historical and family history encouraging research into local and family history and encouraging the preservation of historical artifacts and buildings. In this past year emphasis has been placed on rebuilding following changes in leadership and the effects of the pandemic. The research library has been reviewed and recatalogued using a new museum grade software that is used around north america to enable researchers at heirs and around the continent to share important information. The process of …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $20K | $23K | $20K | — | — | $9,341 |
| 2023 | $19K | $16K | $12K | — | — | $13K |
| 2022 | $14K | $7,194 | $4,830 | — | — | $11K |
| 2021 | $12K | $11K | $9,838 | — | — | $4,309 |
| 2020 | $16K | $16K | $9,608 | — | — | $4,107 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $521 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$9,153
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lorainne Stephenson (president); Katheryn Schryburt (vice president); Bonnie Storey (treasurer); Esther Meerschaut (director); Jacqueline Baldwin (director); Marta Anderson (director); Edward Johnson.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Harrow Early Immigrant Research Society (H E I R S)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118953603RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.