Nova Scotia · Registered charity
COLCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM
COLCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 6 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$3,205 to it, the largest being CHARLES AND MARY MACLENNAN FOUNDATION (C$1,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
COLCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM is better cushioned than half 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
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Clifton Pastoral Chargelocalportfolio match
- Rotary Club of Truro Foundationlocal
- Dogwood Heritage Society of B.C.portfolio match
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.
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 59% · 2018 54% · 2019 67% · 2020 45% · 2021 61% · 2022 32% · 2023 58% · 2024 60%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
44% of COLCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (10% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell C$239 → C$134.
From the CRA filings of COLCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY 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
COLCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 COLCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 45% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
59% of COLCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- Clifton Pastoral Chargelocalportfolio matchNS · funds 6 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Rotary Club of Truro FoundationlocalNS · funds 6 organizations near you
- Dogwood Heritage Society of B.C.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- National Trust for Canada / Fiducie Nationale Du Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Fondation Des Gens Des Cantons de L'Est Pour la Recherche Et la Culture/Townshippers Research and Cultural Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Ontario Genealogical Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Halifax Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Rural Communities Foundation of Nova Scotiaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Robert Pope Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Earl B. Connell Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Good Foundation Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government revenue COLCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 60% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like COLCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY 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
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds COLCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM?
- COLCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 6 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$3,205 to it, the largest being CHARLES AND MARY MACLENNAN FOUNDATION (C$1,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COLCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 6 organizations giving C$3,205 in grants to COLCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM?
- CHARLES AND MARY MACLENNAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY 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 6 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 September 23, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register