Thousand Islands Boat Museum
Charitable organization · Gananoque, Ontario · BN 825536980RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,253,541) as filed with the CRA.
Thousand Islands Boat Museum is a charitable organization based in Gananoque, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $10K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the organization is to display antique boats and other watercraft as well as documents nautical artifacts and other items related to the areas of international nautical heritage. A boat building program is held for high school students as well as several boat workshops.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.3M | $584K | $91K | — | $2.7M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $454K | $86K | — | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $363K | $29K | — | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $1M | $880K | $392K | $10K | — | $2.3M |
| 2020 | $2M | $1.4M | $947K | $10K | — | $2.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $10K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$588K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Hewitt (chair); Robert Easton (vice chair); Paul JR. Regan (president); Herbert Gibson (treasurer); Kevin Hale (director); John Scott Cowan (director); Kevin Tackaberry (director); Paul III Regan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Thousand Islands Boat Museum’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 825536980RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.