Owen Sound Museums
Publicly funded institution · Owen Sound, Ontario · BN 118809672RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($190,212) as filed with the CRA.
Owen Sound Museums is a charitable organization based in Owen Sound, 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 $135K in revenue and $190K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations, 62% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,069.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $70 in 2024, the largest being $70 to YMHC Charitable Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Maintain and preserce the history of billy bishop home and museum-a national historic site through programs exhibits gifts admissions grants and memberships
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $135K | $190K | $166K | $9,348 | $70 | $133K |
| 2023 | $124K | $154K | $131K | $7,760 | $15 | $188K |
| 2022 | $212K | $205K | $185K | $5,142 | $30 | $215K |
| 2021 | $219K | $198K | $181K | $2,517 | $50 | $208K |
| 2020 | $175K | $142K | $126K | $1,746 | $50 | $187K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $70 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $2,069 from 2 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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$118K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gloria Habart (board chair/secretary); David Alexander (director/vice chair); Frederick Mackay (director); Judith Mackay (director); Wayne Bruce (director/treasurer); Liam Hill (director); John Totton (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Owen Sound Museums’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118809672RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.