Islands Historical Society
Publicly funded institution · Freeport, Nova Scotia · BN 892211244RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($29,202) as filed with the CRA.
Islands Historical Society is a charitable organization based in Freeport, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $26K in revenue and $29K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 65% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $787.
Compared with 163 community-service 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 4 names.
In its own words
Public display and interpretation of artifacts and archival materials relating to the social history of long and brier islands nova scotia; further collection and care of items illustrating such history; providing finding aids to the researching public regarding the collection and sources for genealogical seafaring and geneeral history research. An on line data base of artifacts and their provenance is available through nova muse.ca. Social media provides a look into our past as well as activities. 8 volunteers 830 volunteer hours
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $26K | $29K | $29K | — | — | $57K |
| 2023 | $13K | $13K | $13K | — | — | $54K |
| 2022 | $24K | $23K | $22K | — | — | $55K |
| 2021 | $14K | $8,592 | $8,330 | — | — | $46K |
| 2020 | $20K | $20K | $20K | — | — | $34K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $787 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$9,284
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Wanda Christensen (president); Christina Prime (vice president); Loretta Crocker (secretary); Dorothy Outhouse (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Islands Historical Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892211244RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.