Museum London
Publicly funded institution · London, Ontario · BN 107642258RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,771,766) as filed with the CRA.
Museum London is a charitable organization based in London, Ontario, 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 $4.1M in revenue and $4.8M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 68% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $128K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 82% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 19 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
Museum london collects preserves exhibits and interprets works of art and material culture. We collect both contemporary and historical art and material culture related to the city of london. In the visual arts the focus si on canadian art with a particular emphasis on artists who have a connection to london and the area. The collection consisting of more than 5 600 works of art is national in scope with significant regional and local representation. The museum component deals specifically with the history and material culture of the london region. Our material collection totals more than …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.1M | $4.8M | $2.4M | $345K | — | $16.5M |
| 2023 | $4.3M | $5.2M | $2.8M | $434K | — | $15.9M |
| 2022 | $4.8M | $5.6M | $3.2M | $316K | — | $15.6M |
| 2021 | $4.9M | $6M | $4.2M | $259K | — | $16.4M |
| 2020 | $4.2M | $4.5M | $3.4M | $270K | — | $16.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $128K from 11 charities:
- Good Foundation Inc.$50K
- The Walter J Blackburn Foundation$22K
- Woco Foundation$20K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$20K
- London Community Foundation$6,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- The Agape Foundation of London$2,500
- Cambia Development Foundation$2,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$552
- WCPD Foundation$200
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$60
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions19
- Total compensation, all staff$1.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Trevor Hunter (director); Trevor Hunter (vice-chair); Tina Kalopisis (director); Shelley Kopp (director); Tracy Langelaan (director); Jon Lavkullch (director); Sarah Padfield (director); Sarah Padfield (chair); Diana Tanblyn (director); Van Der Westen (treasurer); Michael Wojtak (director); Florentine Strzelczyk (director); Samuel Trosow (director); Michelle Quintyn (director); Natae Fehrman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Museum London’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107642258RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.