Taber & District Museum Society
Publicly funded institution · Taber, Alberta · BN 119208130RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($46,280) as filed with the CRA.
Taber & District Museum Society is a charitable organization based in Taber, Alberta, 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 October 31, 2024, it reported $32K in revenue and $46K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 68% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The society operates the taber irrigation impact museum. We operate and maintain our facility collections and archives. We provide school tours community education with our displays and presentations. We also provide public tours.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $32K | $46K | $9,840 | — | — | $132K |
| 2023 | $27K | $44K | — | — | — | $143K |
| 2022 | $30K | $46K | $30K | — | — | $152K |
| 2021 | $25K | $33K | $19K | — | — | $159K |
| 2020 | $27K | $34K | $21K | — | — | $168K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$36K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Linda Olivier (secretary); Peggy Brown (director); Mark Garner (director); Helen Wentz (vice president); Holly Puskas (director); Charlene Hopkins (treasurer); Taia Debona (director); Chantal Claassen (md od taber rep); Dan Remfert (town of taber rep).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Taber & District Museum Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119208130RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.