Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston
Charitable organization · Kingston, Ontario · BN 119033124RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,973,998) as filed with the CRA.
Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston is a charitable organization based in Kingston, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.2M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 46% from donations, 13% from government. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $86K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 88% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1M in 2020 to $2.2M in 2024.
In its own words
The marine museum collects conserves exhibits undertakes research and education programs that preserve the marie heritage of the great lakes.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $2M | $1.6M | $15K | — | $913K |
| 2023 | $2.8M | $2.7M | $2.5M | $13K | — | $616K |
| 2022 | $453K | $534K | $337K | $29K | — | $517K |
| 2021 | $722K | $514K | $453K | $8,057 | — | $511K |
| 2020 | $1M | $1M | $921K | $387 | — | $237K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $86K from 9 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$24K
- Canadahelps Canadon$24K
- Anna & Edward C. Churchill Foundation$15K
- Lillian and Leroy Page Foundation$13K
- The Davies Charitable Foundation Inc.$5,000
- Community Foundation for Kingston & Area$3,507
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$530
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$543K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119033124RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.