The Manitoba Museum
Charitable organization · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 119030534RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,423,217) as filed with the CRA.
The Manitoba Museum is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $7.2M in revenue and $7.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 47% from government. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $454K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 48 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $1,950 in 2024, the largest being $600 to Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Centre Inc.. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $12.9M in 2020 to $7.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
The manitoba museum is the province's largest not-for-profit heritage and science centre. It is renowned for its vivid portrayal of manitoba's rich and colourful history planetarium shows and science gallery exhibits. The museum encourages discover through its dioramas interactive exhibits traveling exhibits community exhibits and its many public and school programs. On average more than 90 000 studetns participate in the school programs annually.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.2M | $7.4M | $6.2M | $381K | $1,950 | $40.4M |
| 2023 | $8M | $7.5M | $6.6M | $303K | — | $39.7M |
| 2022 | $7.3M | $6.2M | $5.1M | $375K | — | $39.9M |
| 2021 | $7.8M | $5.9M | $4.6M | $373K | — | $38.5M |
| 2020 | $12.9M | $7.1M | $5.7M | $466K | — | $36.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,950 to 4 qualified donees:
Received $454K from 17 charities:
- Hudson's Bay Company History Foundation$135K
- The Manitoba Museum Foundation Incorporated/fondation du Musee du Manitoba Incorporee$62K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$51K
- Winnipeg Arts Council Inc.$50K
- The Canadian Association of Science Centres$37K
- Graham C. Lount Family Foundation Inc.$20K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$18K
- Canadahelps Canadon$18K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$11K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$11K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,900
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$5,000
- The Asper Foundation$5,000
- Abundance Canada$2,500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,909
- The Pollard Family Foundation Inc.$600
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions48
- Total compensation, all staff$4.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Penny McMillan (past chair); Jason Bryk; Harun Kiribirge; Brigitte Sandron (chair); Beverly Edmondson; Cora Jalonen; Douglas Tkach (vice chair); Samuel McLaughlin (treasurer); Kathryn McBurney; Jackie Wild (secretary); Rachel Erickson; Dwight Macaulay; Cindi Steffan; Buffy-Pearl Handel; Cary Miller; Heather Bertnick.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Manitoba Museum’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119030534RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.