The Sharon Temple Museum Society
Publicly funded institution · Sharon, Ontario · BN 121915888RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($741,769) as filed with the CRA.
The Sharon Temple Museum Society is a charitable organization based in Sharon, 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 $1.5M in revenue and $742K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 53% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $13K.
Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $325K in 2020 to $1.5M in 2024.
In its own words
Day Camps Festivals Canada Day Celebrations Educational & Seniors Programming Heritage Garden Project Wedding & Site Rentals Guides & Scouts Sleepover & Programming Field Trips
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $742K | — | $37K | — | $2.8M |
| 2023 | $424K | $431K | $25K | $820 | — | $2.3M |
| 2022 | $491K | $484K | $27K | $2,265 | — | $2.7M |
| 2021 | $439K | $308K | — | $2,588 | — | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $325K | $276K | — | $202 | — | $3.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $13K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$219K
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 Sharon Temple Museum Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 121915888RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.