Abbey Gardens Community Trust
Charitable organization · Haliburton, Ontario · BN 836125666RR0001 · Environment
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,704,556) as filed with the CRA.
Abbey Gardens Community Trust is a charitable organization based in Haliburton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under environment. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 47% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $81K.
Compared with 50 environmental charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1M in 2020 to $2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Several on-site workshops and demonstrations offered to volunteers and community members relating to growing techniques and other environment topics. Partnered with other local entities for better exposure and some cost sharing work towards ecological restoration best practice building practices and ecological stewardship. Obtained grants for workshops camps and other operations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $1.7M | $489K | — | — | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $501K | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $553K | $217 | — | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $328K | $23K | — | $2.3M |
| 2020 | $1M | $1.1M | $9,050 | $38K | — | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $81K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$739K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Barbara Bolin (co-chair); Curtis Eastmure (treasurer); Marianne Fenninger (director); Terrance O'Connor (director); Janis Parker (director); William Patterson (co-chair); Brenda Smith (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Abbey Gardens Community Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 836125666RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.