Yarmouth County Historical Society
Charitable organization · Yarmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 108224320RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($406,329) as filed with the CRA.
Yarmouth County Historical Society is a charitable organization based in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $502K in revenue and $406K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 35% from government, 27% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $136K.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 90% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 75% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $319K in 2020 to $502K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 19 names.
In its own words
We operate an historical museum and archives/research library and an historic house. We also take care of local historic sites. Programs: historic speakers education talks tours for school classes help students and adults with research collect and preserve artifacts and documents. Take part in community events. Cater to tourists. Publish monthly historic newsletters for members. Offer space for local artists to display their work. Publish local historic facts on social media. Allow local authors to launch their new books. Display traveling exhibits. Host monthly coffee club with speakers…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $502K | $406K | $406K | $927 | — | $5.2M |
| 2023 | $497K | $484K | $484K | $3,459 | — | $5.2M |
| 2022 | $451K | $455K | $455K | $882 | — | $5.1M |
| 2021 | $739K | $404K | $394K | $1,162 | — | $5.4M |
| 2020 | $319K | $393K | $393K | $497 | — | $5.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $136K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$153K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bob Prince (president); Anne Sweeney (1st vice pres.); Janet Sollows (2nd vice pres); John Sollows (past president); Grace Amirault (secretary); Charles Webster (asst. secretary); Mary Eldridge (treasurer); Shawnda Parnell-Shaw (asst. treasurer); David Sollows (trustee); Susan Winship (trustee); Seamus Murphy (trustee); Ken Cleveland (trustee); Debra Camelin (trustee); Livinus Numfor (trustee); Candice Phibbs (trustee); Kendall Shaw (trustee); Gert Sweeney (trustee); Wendy Kleiner (trustee); Mary Eldridge (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Yarmouth County Historical Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108224320RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.