The New Brunswick Museum
Publicly funded institution · Saint John, New Brunswick · BN 108089921RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,617,560) as filed with the CRA.
The New Brunswick Museum is a charitable organization based in Saint John, New Brunswick, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $9M in revenue and $5.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 82% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $695K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 22 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $24K in 2024, the largest being $24K to The New Brunswick Museum Foundation. Inc.. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.2M in 2020 to $9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Exhibitions - provide permanent and temporary exhibits in the areas of natural science and the cultural heritage of new brunswick. Research and photographic documentation for virtual exhibits. Programming - deliver bilingual school programs public lectures and demonstrations on history science and art. Archive and research library - deliver genealogical workshops. Conservation and storage of the new brunswick museum's permanent collection. Research and photographic documentation for humanities archival and natural databases. Archival collection arranged and described. Professional scientif…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9M | $5.6M | $5.5M | $79K | — | $8.5M |
| 2023 | $5.1M | $4.2M | — | — | — | $5M |
| 2022 | $3.9M | $4.2M | — | — | — | $4.3M |
| 2021 | $4.5M | $3.5M | — | — | $37K | $6.5M |
| 2020 | $4.2M | $4M | — | — | — | $3.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $24K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $695K from 10 charities:
- RBC Foundation$500K
- The Webster Museum Foundation$114K
- The McCain Foundation$35K
- The Greater Saint John Community Foundation la Fondation Communautaire de Grand Saint John$18K
- McKEAN FAMILY FOUNDATION$13K
- Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation Inc.$5,000
- S.M. Blair Family Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,457
- The New Brunswick Museum Foundation. Inc.$1,340
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation-$38
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions22
- Total compensation, all staff$2.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tracy Clinch (chair); Suzanne Coulombe 11 (member); Emmanuel Elmajian (member); Pierre-Andre Fruytier (treasurer); Francine Quin-Steeves (member); Brian Lordon (member); Noel Milliea (member); Wayne Power (member); Ralph Thomas (member); Neil Vibert (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The New Brunswick Museum’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108089921RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.