THE BURLINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Charitable organizationPublic amenities·PO BOX 93164 · 1450 HEADON ROAD · BURLINGTON, ON · L7M 4A3·BN 119217693RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
We traditionally hold 8 Speaker's meetings per year in the Centennial Room at Central Branch Burlington Public Library. We continue to publish our monthly newsletter (8/year) and we continue to be active on social media and our website. Information is shared with our members via email and in person at regular meetings.
New programs
BHS provided speakers for outside groups covering Burlington history topics: St. Luke's Anglican Church Lunch - Burlington History; Hearthstone by the Lake retirement residence - The Estaminet Restaurant; Aldershot Senior's group - History of Aldershot - BHS conducted historic walks for local citizens: Beach Strip; LaSalle Park and guided historic walks for visiting groups: The Apeldoorn Delegation from the Netherlands - historic downtown Burlington; Ubuntu Women's Group - Greenwood Cemetery. - In conjunction with the City of Burlington we arranged and conducted a major project at th… Show more
BHS provided speakers for outside groups covering Burlington history topics: St. Luke's Anglican Church Lunch - Burlington History; Hearthstone by the Lake retirement residence - The Estaminet Restaurant; Aldershot Senior's group - History of Aldershot - BHS conducted historic walks for local citizens: Beach Strip; LaSalle Park and guided historic walks for visiting groups: The Apeldoorn Delegation from the Netherlands - historic downtown Burlington; Ubuntu Women's Group - Greenwood Cemetery. - In conjunction with the City of Burlington we arranged and conducted a major project at the local United Empire Loyalist cemetery. We cleaned a number of stones and hired an expert to make repairs to damaged gravestones. We plan to continue this project in 2025. - BHS provided displays of items pertaining to Burlington History in the form of 22 posters on display at Spencer Smith Park during August Heritage Week; a display of artifacts at Burlington City Hall; - The City of Burlington set up a collection of historic photos in a gallery space at City Hall - the photos were supplied by BHS. - In October we launched a new book - Farewell to the Garden of Canada - In 2024 we were again a supporter of the Festival of Lights at Spencer Smith Park
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure.
Cents to cause
T1 · computed (open data)68¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 68¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)30%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)—
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$11K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)12%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)51%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $32K | 75¢ | 25% | — |
| 2020-12-31 | $6K | 39¢ | 27% | 19.4 yr |
| 2021-12-31 | $9K | 78¢ | 15% | — |
| 2022-12-31 | $76K | 78¢ | 22% | — |
| 2023-12-31 | $11K | 51¢ | 45% | — |
| 2024-12-31 | $11K | 68¢ | 30% | — |
| trend |
From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 618 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
Board of directors
4 directors reported · 0 of 4at arm's length
- Downey, Joan R.Past President / Treasurernot at arm's length
- Thorpe, DonPresidentnot at arm's length
- Thomson, Nicola1st Vice Presidentnot at arm's length
- Taylor, PatriciaSecretarynot at arm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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