The Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society
Publicly funded institution · Chatham, Ontario · BN 894792001RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($74,867) as filed with the CRA.
The Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society is a charitable organization based in Chatham, 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 $79K in revenue and $75K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations, 69% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,822.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% 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 8 names.
In its own words
School programs- grade 7&8 and 10&11 traching chatham’s early black history. Black history park and museum. Black history walking tours.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $79K | $75K | $60K | — | — | $174K |
| 2023 | $92K | $95K | $71K | — | — | $170K |
| 2022 | $125K | $83K | $67K | — | — | $173K |
| 2021 | — | $37K | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $90K | $48K | $36K | — | — | $102K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,822 from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$44K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dorothy Wallace (president); Bill Mason (director); Wyatt Wallace (treasurer); Edna Mason (vice president); Helen Grinage (director); Andrea Miller (director); Tracy Travis (director); Deirdre McCorkindale (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894792001RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.