Museum of Toronto History
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 820469575RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,966,255) as filed with the CRA.
Museum of Toronto History is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from donations. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $44K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.2M in 2020 to $2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Museum is an evolving collection of diverse stories histories and programs. Our work is about growing a comprehensive archive of toronto that explores how we live in toronto past present and future. We are about meaningful exchange that brings us together and deepens our sense of connection.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $2M | $1.1M | $116K | — | $65K |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $2M | $1.3M | $121K | — | $58K |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $2.2M | $1.4M | $32K | — | $104K |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.4M | — | — | $50K |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1M | — | — | $5,856 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $44K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$917K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ian Bandeen (finance chair); Jesse Barke (director); Diane Blake (board chair); Adam Kahan (director); Maureen Marshall (secretary); Paula Hughes (director); Graham Ross (director); Taslim Somani (director); Beth Hanna (director); Heather Lee (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Museum of Toronto History’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 820469575RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.