Lake Ainslie Historical Society
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 107590341RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($29,648) as filed with the CRA.
Lake Ainslie Historical Society is a charitable organization based in Halifax, 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 $41K in revenue and $30K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 82% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $12K.
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.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $24K in 2020 to $41K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
We continue our programs to tell the history of Lake Ainslie and the settlers - with evening talks; guided tours of the buildings; tourist information about the area and local activities & genealogy provided. We offered programs for local young people to add to their knowledge of the past history of Lake Ainslie. We assisted the local fire department with their yearly celebrations. We continue photographing our artifacts to add images to the database on NovaMuse which is available to the public on the internet. The 1850 home and other 3 buildings (School Display Implement Shed and Artif…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $41K | $30K | $30K | — | — | $110K |
| 2023 | $35K | $23K | $23K | — | — | $111K |
| 2022 | $20K | $23K | $23K | — | — | $97K |
| 2021 | $27K | $25K | $25K | — | $0 | $103K |
| 2020 | $24K | $30K | $30K | — | $0 | $89K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $12K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$14K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Catherine MacLean (director); Pauline MacLean (secretary); David MacLean (director); Darlene Fraser (director); Hugh Campbell (director); Wayne Campbell (treasurer); Michael Gillis (director); R. Alexander Fraser (president); Donald MacLean (director); Edwin Campbell (director); Coralie Cameron (director); Janice MacLean (director); Margaret Hebert (vice president); Jeanne Engel (director); Louise Delisle (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lake Ainslie Historical Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107590341RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.