Nova Scotia · Registered charity
THE ARMY MUSEUM
THE ARMY MUSEUM (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 7 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$38,363 to it, the largest being Colin and Belle MacDonald Charitable Foundation (C$20,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- C$305k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- C$38k
- Net assets
- C$529k
What The Army Museum does
Ongoing programs
The Army Museum carries on three main programs (1) public exhibition (2) enhancement and maintenance of its artifacts and documentary collections (3) volunteer program. The first and by far the largest effort consists of public exhibitions. Located a the halifax citadel national historic site in downtown halifax ns the museum offers artifact exhibits to site visitors that focus on atlantic canada's military history and the contributions of atlantic canadians.
As stated on its FY2024 T3010.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from C$427k to C$557k (+31%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 54% · 2018 21% · 2019 38% · 2020 44% · 2021 46% · 2022 55% · 2023 65% · 2024 33%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
14% of THE ARMY MUSEUM’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (10% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell C$26k → C$81.
From the CRA filings of THE ARMY MUSEUM’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE ARMY MUSEUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE ARMY MUSEUM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 97% · 2021 76% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
86% of THE ARMY MUSEUM's grant income comes from Nova Scotia funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE ARMY MUSEUM runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,990 public amenities nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,990 public amenities nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government revenue THE ARMY MUSEUM reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 33% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like THE ARMY MUSEUM
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every charity on the CRA register — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Nova Scotia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
20% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ARMY MUSEUM?
- THE ARMY MUSEUM (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 7 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$38,363 to it, the largest being Colin and Belle MacDonald Charitable Foundation (C$20,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ARMY MUSEUM have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 7 organizations giving C$38,363 in grants to THE ARMY MUSEUM, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ARMY MUSEUM?
- Colin and Belle MacDonald Charitable Foundation is the largest funder on record, with C$20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ARMY MUSEUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nova Scotia.
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These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register