Niagara Historical Society
Charitable organization · Niagara-ON-LK, Ontario · BN 119057370RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($744,348) as filed with the CRA.
Niagara Historical Society is a charitable organization based in Niagara-ON-LK, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.8M in revenue and $744K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from donations, 22% from government. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $347K.
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 highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $692K in 2020 to $1.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The historical society owns and operates a museum and conducts various community functions relating to the history of the niagara on the lake ontario area.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $744K | $419K | $153K | — | $2.4M |
| 2023 | $965K | $620K | $392K | $79K | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $950K | $654K | $335K | $166K | — | $966K |
| 2021 | $712K | $629K | $450K | $45K | — | $390K |
| 2020 | $692K | $575K | $438K | $769 | — | $307K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $347K from 9 charities:
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$250K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$13K
- United Way Niagara$10K
- United Way Niagara$10K
- Niagara-ON-The-Lake Rotary Foundation$5,000
- Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario$1,622
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$768
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
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$324K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sandra Aversa (treasurer); Linda Fritz (director); Stewart Hall (director); Tim Johnson (director); Paul Mace (secretary); Rhonda Marquis (secretary); Ted Rumble (director); Charles Scrivener (treasurer); Susan Wery (chair person).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Niagara Historical Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119057370RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.