Mennonite Historical Society of Canada
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 747611093RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($95,502) as filed with the CRA.
Mennonite Historical Society of Canada is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 October 31, 2024, it reported $94K in revenue and $96K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from government, 12% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $494.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $24K in 2024, the largest being $9,500 to Conrad Grebel University College. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $39K in 2020 to $94K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Regular programs: 1) Hold an annual meeting for representatives of affiliated provincial Mennonite historical societies Mennonite church conferences and institutional members including museums and institutes of higher learning. 2) Operate an online database of historical images and textual records belonging to member archives. 3) Operate a website of genealogical resources. 4) Contribute with partners to the operation of an online encyclopedia. 5) Distribute books. Medium-term programs: 6) Writing a book about the history of Mennonites in Canada. 7) Development and coordination of a trave…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $94K | $96K | $63K | — | $24K | $80K |
| 2023 | $112K | $313K | $283K | — | $12K | $87K |
| 2022 | $202K | $20K | $11K | — | $8,957 | $285K |
| 2021 | $31K | $16K | $8,174 | — | $7,488 | $83K |
| 2020 | $39K | $21K | $5,043 | — | $2,076 | $67K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $24K to 4 qualified donees:
Received $494 from 1 charity:
- Abundance Canada$494
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Conrad Stoesz (president); Laureen Harder-Gissing (vice-president); Jeremy Wiebe (treasurer); Bruce Guenther (member-at-large); Jacob Buhler (director); Aileen Friesen (director); Brian Froese (director); Linda Klassen (secretary); Benjamin Nobbs-Thiessen (director); John Reddekopp (director); Richard Thiessen (director); Alfred Redekopp (director); Katie Harder (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mennonite Historical Society of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 747611093RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.