Pictou County Roots Society
Charitable organization · New Glasgow, Nova Scotia · BN 865862478RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,949) as filed with the CRA.
Pictou County Roots Society is a charitable organization based in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3,715 in revenue and $4,949 in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 30% from donations.
Compared with 2,652 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
1. Research assistance 2. Genealogy research 3. Updating index for obituaries 4. Maintaining open hours for researchers 5. Maintaining library of historical work 6. Digitalization of research material and books
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,715 | $4,949 | $4,562 | — | — | $29K |
| 2023 | $16K | $14K | $2,355 | — | — | $31K |
| 2022 | $3,052 | $2,115 | $1,829 | — | — | $29K |
| 2021 | $5,570 | $2,403 | $2,117 | — | — | $28K |
| 2020 | $2,937 | $4,540 | $4,179 | — | — | $26K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2021
Received -$898 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kenneth Fraser (president); Bob Spurgeon (past president); Robert Marshall (vice president); Nedra Wilson (treasurer); Brenda Hutchinson (secretary); Maren Fassnacht (director); Barry Mackenzie; David Ferguson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pictou County Roots Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 865862478RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.