Rideau Township Historical Society
Publicly funded institution · North Gower, Ontario · BN 886541390RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($19,393) as filed with the CRA.
Rideau Township Historical Society is a charitable organization based in North Gower, 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 $19K in revenue and $19K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2022, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $150.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $45K in 2020 to $19K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Holds monthly meetings with guest speakers to present items of local historical interest collects classifies and preserves information relating to the former township of rideau organizes annual field trips to venues of local historical interest researches and publishes books/pamphlets on subjects of local historical interest
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $19K | $19K | $12K | — | — | $35K |
| 2023 | $36K | $32K | $32K | — | — | $41K |
| 2022 | $21K | $17K | $14K | — | — | $38K |
| 2021 | $63K | $59K | $52K | — | — | $34K |
| 2020 | $45K | $36K | $31K | — | $0 | $42K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $150 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$39K
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Doug Culham (president); David McNiece (publications director); Brian Earl (treasurer); CJ Rooney (vice-president); Ruth Wright (membership director); Rod Brazier (communications director); Maureen McPhee (artifact collection director); Robin Craig (director-at-large); Tupper (director-at-large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Rideau Township Historical Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886541390RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.