Stratford-Perth Museum Association
Publicly funded institution · Stratford, Ontario · BN 135897916RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($600,393) as filed with the CRA.
Stratford-Perth Museum Association is a charitable organization based in Stratford, 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 $646K in revenue and $600K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 52% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $9,930.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 82% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Acquisition of artifacts and promotion of education concerning the history of city of stratford and the county of perth
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $646K | $600K | $333K | $115K | — | $1M |
| 2023 | $731K | $647K | $369K | $121K | — | $992K |
| 2022 | $741K | $635K | $635K | $11K | — | $898K |
| 2021 | $640K | $500K | $477K | — | — | $791K |
| 2020 | $548K | $440K | $406K | $12K | — | $651K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $9,930 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$9,930
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$304K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ron Hikel (director); Deanna Horton (director); Doug Kellum (director); John McIntosh (director); Leanne Perreault (director); Janice Richardson (treasurer); Brent Shackleton (director); Mike Valiquette (secretary); Shelley Stevenson (director); Katie Deblock-Boersma (president); David Stones (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Stratford-Perth Museum Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 135897916RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.