Ontario Museum Association
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 107798522RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($657,683) as filed with the CRA.
Ontario Museum Association is a charitable organization based in Toronto, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $702K in revenue and $658K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 66% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $144.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The ontario museum association: provides information of interest to museums; offers professional development programs to upgrade the quality of museum work; develops professional practices and procedures and makes presentations to various stakeholders on ontario museums and their work; provides consultation and advisory services on request to the museum’s community and the public at large on museum matters; fosters and provides support to improve museums as collecting exhibiting and research institutions; promotes the public understanding and awareness of museums.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $702K | $658K | $443K | — | — | $423K |
| 2023 | $615K | $685K | $442K | — | — | $379K |
| 2022 | $567K | $590K | $418K | — | — | $449K |
| 2021 | $659K | $489K | $287K | — | — | $472K |
| 2020 | $672K | $647K | $504K | — | — | $302K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $144 from 1 charity:
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
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$345K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Cheryl Blackman (vice president); Sonia Mrva (treasurer); Michael Rickley-Lancaster (secretary); Joe Corrigan (councillor); Kathy Fisher (councillor); Cara Krmpotich (councillor); Heather Montgomery (councillor); Cathy Molloy (president); Sascha Priewe (councillor).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ontario Museum Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107798522RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.