The Kingston Scout Museum
Publicly funded institution · Kingston, Ontario · BN 815922695RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($21,397) as filed with the CRA.
The Kingston Scout Museum is a charitable organization based in Kingston, 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 $22K in revenue and $21K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 76% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,021.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1,090 in 2020 to $22K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The Kingston Scout Museum has been a virtual entity since August 2022. We have been re-branding and creating a new website that features 'Collections' of artifacts and 'Exhibits' describing various aspects of the history of Scouting and Kingston Scouting in particular. A Heritage Grant from the City of Kingston has enabled us to organize and photograph our artifacts. The website including the new virtual museum went live in mid-October 2023. With the museum unable to accommodate visitors volunteers have taken our artifacts out to the community by participating in events around the commu…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $22K | $21K | $16K | — | $0 | $0 |
| 2023 | $18K | $17K | $16K | — | — | — |
| 2022 | $0 | $327 | $327 | — | $0 | $18K |
| 2021 | — | $965 | $942 | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $1,090 | $1,197 | $1,197 | — | — | $20K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,021 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,021
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stephen Reid (chair); Linda Bates (director); Nicholas Eliot (vice chair); Patricia Friske (secretary); Dave Cunningham (treasurer); Lewis Babcock (director); Deborah Babcock (director); Kaitlyn MacDonald (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Kingston Scout Museum’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 815922695RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.