Northumberland Fisheries Museum and Heritage Association
Publicly funded institution · Pictou, Nova Scotia · BN 897853735RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($81,077) as filed with the CRA.
Northumberland Fisheries Museum and Heritage Association is a charitable organization based in Pictou, Nova Scotia, 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 $77K in revenue and $81K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 72% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,275.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
The Northumberland Fisheries Museum maintains a collection of artifacts documents photographs and miscellanea pertaining to the history and culture of the fishery along the North Shore of Nova Scotia and those parts of the Northumberland Straight shared by Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick. The museum organizes an annual temporary exhibit that interprets the collection and the mandate of the museum that incorporates materials from the collection in conjunction with the work of artists photographers and/or researchers as part of its animation education and interpretation …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $77K | $81K | $57K | — | — | $17K |
| 2023 | $166K | $115K | $27K | — | $0 | $2M |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $78K | — | — | — | — | -$1,525 |
| 2020 | $72K | $69K | $66K | $455 | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $4,275 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$24K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gerry Shaw (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Northumberland Fisheries Museum and Heritage Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897853735RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.