Lunenburg Marine Museum Society
Publicly funded institution · Lunenburg, Nova Scotia · BN 119025823RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,031,004) as filed with the CRA.
Lunenburg Marine Museum Society is a charitable organization based in Lunenburg, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $4.8M in revenue and $5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 54% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Operating the fisheries museum of the atlantic as part of the nova scotia family of museums. Providing interpretation of all exhibits school programs and vistors talks. Facilities of the documentation centre and the education centre are available. The fisheries museum also operates the sailing vessel 'bluenose ii' providing harbour tours and charters as well as representing nova scotia and canada at various appearances in the united states and canada.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.8M | $5M | $3.8M | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $4.4M | $4.4M | $2.6M | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $3.8M | $3.7M | $2.2M | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $4.2M | $3.3M | $2.2M | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $3.8M | $3.9M | $2.3M | — | — | $655K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$2.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Meisner (president); Mary Meisner (secretary); Graham Gerhardt (director); Lola Greek (treasurer); Anthony Sampson (director); David Corkum (director); Tom Ritcey (director); Andrew Himmelman (director); John Kinley (director); Patti Robertson (director); Jennifer Josenhans (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lunenburg Marine Museum Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119025823RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.