Northern Ontario Railroad Museum & Heritage Centre
Publicly funded institution · Capreol, Ontario · BN 892929167RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($396,024) as filed with the CRA.
Northern Ontario Railroad Museum & Heritage Centre is a charitable organization based in Capreol, 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 $261K in revenue and $396K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from donations, 51% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $41K.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Public museum: mining lumbering railroad industries collects displays equipment rolling stock and artifacts. Records historic documentation and photos.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $261K | $396K | — | — | — | $244K |
| 2023 | $332K | $307K | — | — | — | $349K |
| 2022 | $416K | $295K | — | — | — | $343K |
| 2021 | $330K | $323K | — | — | — | $212K |
| 2020 | $310K | $222K | — | $21K | — | $206K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $41K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$202K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cody Cacciotti (president); George Thomas (past president); Robert Michelutti (treasurer); Frances a Michelutti (secretary); George JR. Sidun (vice president); Jacqueline Melanson (director); Al Melanson (director); Frank Madigan (director); Brian Yenson (director); Phil Langis (director); Brian Dzuirban (director); Paul Parent (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Northern Ontario Railroad Museum & Heritage Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892929167RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.