Urban Farm Museum Society
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 870669934RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($26,264) as filed with the CRA.
Urban Farm Museum Society is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 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 $18K in revenue and $26K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations, 63% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $344.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers.
In its own words
Seedy saturday & plant sale strawberry social evening in the garden 23 plots for members to garden come grow with us program for local kid's groups market garden ie selling vegetables onsite
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $18K | $26K | $22K | — | — | $98K |
| 2023 | $18K | $30K | $7,435 | — | — | $98K |
| 2022 | $18K | $20K | $7,916 | — | — | $98K |
| 2021 | $16K | $21K | $2,034 | — | — | $98K |
| 2020 | $21K | $30K | $12K | — | — | $98K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $344 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$12K
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Urban Farm Museum Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 870669934RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.