Manitoba Children's Museum Inc.
Charitable organization · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 103480943RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,464,402) as filed with the CRA.
Manitoba Children's Museum Inc. is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from government. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $288K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 94% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 19 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $2.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
The museum provides an interactive learning environment which nurtures the power of the imagination and the spirit of exploration and self-discovery. This is achieved through explorations school programs movie nights day camps special events for museum members birthday parties speical events that relate to a monthly theme special guests mini mondays and the museum art club which allows low income children to participate in a variety of arts and cultural experiences.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $2.5M | $1.4M | $253K | — | -$335K |
| 2023 | $2.5M | $2.5M | $1.5M | $253K | — | $2.3M |
| 2022 | $2.4M | $2M | $1.3M | $198K | — | -$2,031 |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $940K | $85K | — | -$399K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.5M | $1.1M | $139K | — | -$417K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $288K from 11 charities:
- Winnipeg Arts Council Inc.$108K
- Manitoba Arts Council$74K
- The Bertram Austin Goodman May Easton McLaren Goodman and Dorothy Jean Goodman Foundation$55K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$30K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$8,000
- The Asper Foundation$6,000
- The Canadian Association of Science Centres$4,140
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,028
- The Ernst Hansch Foundation Inc.$1,000
- Winnipeg Goldeyes Field of Dreams Foundation Inc.$500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$187
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions19
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Adam Hanson (chair); Amanda Creasy (director); Candance Rea (director); Cheryl Bartell (director); Eric Vallance (treasurer); Greg Johnson (vice chair); Jason Travis (director); Katherine Basarab (director); Richard Jones (director); Sheilah Lee Restall (director); Steven Sapersilver (director); Whitney Morrison (secretary); Yaza Shapata (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Manitoba Children's Museum Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 103480943RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.