Pontiac Historical Society
Publicly funded institution · Shawville, Quebec · BN 119153906RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($11,719) as filed with the CRA.
Pontiac Historical Society is a charitable organization based in Shawville, Quebec, 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 $10K in revenue and $12K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 89% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $80.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers.
In its own words
The main activity of the Pontiac Historical Society is the operation of the Pontiac Museum at 210 Lake Street in Shawville Quebec. The mandate of the museum is to collect and display artifacts for the study and appreciation of the local history of the part of western Quebec known as the Pontiac. Our charity also produces and installs historical interpretive panels at buildings of historical interest and creates and maintains a historical barn quilt trail in the county. Other activities include public talks lectures book launches and presentations on local history.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $10K | $12K | $10K | — | — | $4,749 |
| 2023 | $6,507 | $5,998 | $5,666 | — | $0 | $6,355 |
| 2022 | $20K | $18K | $17K | — | $0 | $5,846 |
| 2021 | $9,671 | $9,602 | $9,264 | — | $0 | $2,945 |
| 2020 | $7,215 | $7,114 | $6,985 | — | — | $2,877 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $80 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$10K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pontiac Historical Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119153906RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.