Quinte Region Natural History Museum
Publicly funded institution · Trenton, Ontario · BN 801549577RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($217,369) as filed with the CRA.
Quinte Region Natural History Museum is a charitable organization based in Trenton, 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 $244K in revenue and $217K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 54% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $10K.
Compared with 686 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 highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1,618 in 2020 to $244K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
To construct maintain and operate a natural history museum to be located in the city of quinte west ontario canada. To provide educational materials information and exhibits to educate the general publice with respect to natural history
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $244K | $217K | $160K | — | — | $63K |
| 2023 | $446K | $466K | $421K | — | — | $37K |
| 2022 | $230K | $230K | — | — | — | $61K |
| 2021 | $63K | $78K | — | — | — | $57K |
| 2020 | $1,618 | $92K | — | — | — | $72K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $10K 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 positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$119K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Suzanne Andrews (chair); Kurt Gregoire (treasurer); Dug Stevenson (director); Peter May (director); Sally Freeman (director); David Evans (director); Robin Pilon (director); Deanna Way (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Quinte Region Natural History Museum’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 801549577RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.