Tri-Town Museum Society
Publicly funded institution · Cold Lake, Alberta · BN 892894965RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($237,906) as filed with the CRA.
Tri-Town Museum Society is a charitable organization based in Cold Lake, Alberta, 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 October 31, 2024, it reported $265K in revenue and $238K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 93% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Normal-post covid operations continued this year. We operated from the may long weeking untilthe end of august; unfortunately we were unable to open for truth & reconciliation day in september due to staffing shortages. Numerous school tours were again carried out but were somewhat hindered by the forest fire situation here in alberta. Attendance was up t 4 713 which we were pleased with almost 1 000 more than 2023. This averaged 67 visitors per day 457 families came through the gate and almost 400 veterans seniors and canadian forces members. We gave 13 group tours with 2 in the the…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $265K | $238K | $238K | — | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $331K | $265K | — | — | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $210K | $206K | $206K | — | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $186K | $206K | — | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $185K | $176K | — | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$178K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chris Holoboff (president); Mark Power (treasurer); Karl Braschuk (vice-president); Andy Chen (director); Heather Miller (director); Wanda Stacey (director); Bob Machatis (director); Deborah Pelechosky (director); Leanne Draper (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Tri-Town Museum Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892894965RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.