The Shearwater Aviation Museum Foundation
Public foundation · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 119253904RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($56,546) as filed with the CRA.
The Shearwater Aviation Museum Foundation is a public foundation based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $129K in revenue and $57K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 25% from donations. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3,350.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Providing financial support to the shearwater aviation museum as required.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $129K | $57K | $6,823 | $7,192 | — | $435K |
| 2023 | $173K | $59K | — | $17K | $2,000 | $504K |
| 2022 | $127K | $49K | $553 | $42K | — | $305K |
| 2021 | $334K | $72K | $3,735 | $39K | $49K | $293K |
| 2020 | $108K | $54K | $853 | $47K | — | $375K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3,350 from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$25K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jason Miller (president); John Cody (vice president); Peter Staley (treasurer); Anne Teasdale (secretary); Mark Chapman (director); Rick Savage (director); Robert Stewart (director); Eric Veillette (director); Charles Coffen (advisor); Karen Collacutt-McHarg (office manager); Christine Hines (curator sam); Billy Reyno (director sam wcomd rep); Colin Stephenson (honorary director); John Webber (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Shearwater Aviation Museum Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119253904RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.