The Mississauga Heritage Foundation Incorporated
Publicly funded institution · Mississauga, Ontario · BN 119245660RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($586,923) as filed with the CRA.
The Mississauga Heritage Foundation Incorporated is a charitable organization based in Mississauga, 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 $599K in revenue and $587K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 57% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $34K.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Heritage mississauga stayed true to its mandate - celebrating mississauga's heritage through research promotion and learning. We continue to be mississauga's heritage source and advocate providing heritage content and programming virtually and in-person to the community. Programs include: outreach publications tours exhibits oral histories and collection of materials for exhibits and virtual displays. Research focuses on social cultural architectural geographical natural family celebrations and milestones.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $599K | $587K | $455K | $73K | — | $206K |
| 2023 | $609K | $579K | $481K | $40K | — | $213K |
| 2022 | $573K | $588K | $478K | $34K | — | $189K |
| 2021 | $543K | $501K | $438K | $13K | — | $200K |
| 2020 | $442K | $389K | $328K | $22K | — | $178K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $34K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$301K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Douglas Hancock (president); Gregory Carraro (vice president); Aamer Siddiqui (treasurer); Michael Buchert (secretary); Luz Del Rosario (director); Jake Dheer (director); Ron Duquette (director); Frank Giannone (director); Michael Parsons (director); Michael Spaziani (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Mississauga Heritage Foundation Incorporated’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119245660RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.