The Lake Charlotte Area Heritage Society
Publicly funded institution · Lake Charlotte, Nova Scotia · BN 892899568RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($578,289) as filed with the CRA.
The Lake Charlotte Area Heritage Society is a charitable organization based in Lake Charlotte, Nova Scotia, 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 $712K in revenue and $578K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $53K.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $3,100 in 2024, the largest being $3,100 to Eastern Shore Volunteer Food Bank. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $235K in 2020 to $712K in 2024.
In its own words
We preserve the build social and intangible heritage of the eastern shore communities of nova scotia between lawrencetown and ecum secum. We deliver education materials and learning programs to school and groups focusing on coastal living during the 1940s world war two and local industries sch as the inshore fishery forestry small-holding farming and gold mining. We preserve of over 6 000 artifacts 400 linear metres of archival recores 300 audio files and 5 000 digital images. We provide support and guidance to numberous organizations with interests in heritage and tourism. We prov…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $712K | $578K | $455K | — | $3,100 | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $431K | $461K | $288K | $0 | $2,286 | $931K |
| 2022 | $418K | $415K | $248K | — | $8,500 | $960K |
| 2021 | $334K | $368K | — | — | — | $958K |
| 2020 | $235K | $210K | $75K | — | — | $991K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3,100 to 1 qualified donee:
- Eastern Shore Volunteer Food Bank$3,100
Received $53K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$325K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Lake Charlotte Area Heritage Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892899568RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.