Virden Pioneer Home Museum Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Virden, Manitoba · BN 119094076RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($69,185) as filed with the CRA.
Virden Pioneer Home Museum Inc. is a charitable organization based in Virden, Manitoba, 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 $74K in revenue and $69K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 78% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1,500 in 2024, the largest being $1,500 to The Winnipeg Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Operating and managing the virden pioneer home museum in local community by preserving local history and culture for future generations to enjoy create and conduct tours for daycare. Day camp and school children as well as for visitors on a daily basis as required. Preservation and encapsulation of collections of photographs for safe storage and handling. Family research as required. Display tables at community events and farmers markets work on finding new enclosed storage display cases for military uniforms & artifacts to create a new display area
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $74K | $69K | $67K | — | $1,500 | $163K |
| 2023 | $74K | $56K | $54K | — | $1,626 | $158K |
| 2022 | $74K | $68K | $67K | — | — | $171K |
| 2021 | $64K | $48K | $47K | — | — | $135K |
| 2020 | $105K | $65K | $63K | $848 | — | $149K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,500 to 1 qualified donee:
- The Winnipeg Foundation$1,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$42K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Richard Kristjanson (chairperson); Susan Ivey (treasurer); Karl Depaepe (board member); Bill McLaren (board member); Bruce Dunning (town of virden rep); Kurt Fuchs (board member); Jenn Jaffray (secretary); Laura Reid (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Virden Pioneer Home Museum Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119094076RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.