Sault Ste Marie & 49TH Field Regiment R.c.a. Historical Society
Publicly funded institution · Sault Ste Marie, Ontario · BN 107958449RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($517,414) as filed with the CRA.
Sault Ste Marie & 49TH Field Regiment R.c.a. Historical Society is a charitable organization based in Sault Ste Marie, 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 $519K in revenue and $517K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 78% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $30K.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 7% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The Sault Ste. Marie and 49th Field Regiment RCA Historical Society (Sault Ste. Marie Museum) exists to collect preserve study and exhibit artifacts and archival materials which illustrate the history of the people of Sault Ste. Marie and surrounding area and to foster a better understanding of our local heritage and the ways in which it relates to provincial and national history. Programs include: Research Community Outreach Partnerships Workshops Artists in Residence Curriculum based programming Digitization and Fine Arts.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $519K | $517K | $117K | — | — | — |
| 2023 | $369K | $473K | $24K | — | — | $326K |
| 2022 | $475K | $496K | $52K | — | — | $205K |
| 2021 | $343K | $355K | $8,190 | — | — | $222K |
| 2020 | $365K | $313K | $22K | — | — | $232K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $30K 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
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$282K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brian Nadon (vice president); Scott Macgillvary (treasurer); Virginia McLeod (director); Mike Delfre (director); Isabelle Michaud (director); Lexine Williams (director); Tova Arbus (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sault Ste Marie & 49TH Field Regiment R.c.a. Historical Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107958449RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.