Sparta and District Historical Society
Charitable organization · Sparta, Ontario · BN 119159168RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($31,396) as filed with the CRA.
Sparta and District Historical Society is a charitable organization based in Sparta, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $37K in revenue and $31K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 28% from government.
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 50% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $22K in 2020 to $37K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
We own maintain and operate two museums in the historic village of Sparta. A re-enactment dinner is hosted yearly in the autumn. We lead tours of the village maintain an inventory of historical buildings in the community publish historical booklets produce a self guided walking tour brochure of the village work with the Elgin County Museum to keep a full inventory on line of all the artifacts in our collection and host a high tea and historical fashion show each spring. We produce and install historical signs on local sites and hang banners on our historic styled lamp posts. We make vide…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $37K | $31K | $29K | — | $0 | $230K |
| 2023 | $40K | — | $3,226 | — | $0 | $255K |
| 2022 | $25K | $27K | $19K | — | $0 | $392K |
| 2021 | $20K | $20K | $2,118 | — | $0 | $204K |
| 2020 | $22K | $19K | $1,795 | — | $0 | $268K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$17K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Burns (past president); Yvonne Campbell (secretary); Sally Martyn (treasurer); David Roberts (trustee); Frances Martin-Johnston (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sparta and District Historical Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119159168RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.