Stanstead Historical Society
Publicly funded institution · Stanstead, Quebec · BN 119167716RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($361,854) as filed with the CRA.
Stanstead Historical Society is a charitable organization based in Stanstead, 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 March 31, 2023, it reported $346K in revenue and $362K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 72% from government, 9% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $41K.
Compared with 680 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 82% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band).
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $346K | $362K | $299K | $1,335 | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $352K | $328K | $233K | $939 | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $323K | $253K | $170K | $3,907 | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $288K | $302K | $217K | $1,814 | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $41K from 8 charities:
- R. Howard Webster Foundation$15K
- Fondation de la famille Zeller$10K
- Hewitt Foundation$10K
- Fondation des Gens des Cantons de l'Est pour la Recherche et la Culture/townshippers Research and Cultural Foundation$2,500
- The Bannerman Family Foundation$2,000
- The Hay Foundation/la Fondation Hay$1,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$470
- Philip & Judith Webster Family Foundation$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Matthew Farfan (president); Gabriel Safdie (administrator); John Logan (treasurer); Farfan Penelope (administrator); Ann Montgomery (administrator); Debbie Bishop (secretary); Caroline Rossier-Lang (administrator); Ed Makin (administrator); Robert Colby (administrator); Heather McKeown (administrator).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Stanstead Historical Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119167716RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.