The Welland Historical Museum
Publicly funded institution · Welland, Ontario · BN 108195579RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($495,748) as filed with the CRA.
The Welland Historical Museum is a charitable organization based in Welland, 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 $503K in revenue and $496K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,047.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 2% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Mandate is the collection preservation and interpretation of the history of welland and pelham. The museum preserves the artifacts of both communities and highlights these through permanent and temporary exhibits. The museum provides curriculum based educational programming for local elementary secondary and post secondary institutions as well as educational and recreational programming for the general public.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $503K | $496K | $21K | — | — | $314K |
| 2023 | $478K | $488K | $8,326 | $1,139 | — | $307K |
| 2022 | $424K | $402K | $17K | $600 | — | $317K |
| 2021 | $497K | $339K | $4,200 | — | — | $295K |
| 2020 | $377K | $318K | — | — | — | $137K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4,047 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$327K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kiron Bondale (secretary & treasurer); Rachael Haynes-Keller (chair); Kyle Hoskin (director); James Takeo (director); Dzugan Rose (vice chair); Blair Campbell (director); Adam McDonald (director); Jane Thompson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Welland Historical Museum’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108195579RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.