Agrarians Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 818595639RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,874,445) as filed with the CRA.
Agrarians Foundation is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 72% from government, 24% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $309K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1M in 2020 to $1.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The mission of agrarians foundation is to educate the public by providing courses seminars workshops and counselling about egriculture farming food processing entrepreneurship community economic development and environmental sustainability. In 2024 agrarians foundation provided educational programs to new and young ecological farmers in canada including events mentorships land access supports apprenticeship training and online resources. We offer on and off-farm educational events including farm tours and field days one to two day mixers small-scale farm workshops and more. Ap…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.9M | $1.7M | — | — | $51K |
| 2023 | $2M | $1.7M | $1.7M | — | — | -$11K |
| 2022 | $874K | — | — | — | — | $6,104 |
| 2021 | $1M | $835K | $731K | $52K | — | $19K |
| 2020 | $1M | $697K | $654K | $3,936 | — | $22K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $309K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nancy Ross (chair); Seann Dory (director); Shauna Mackinnon (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Agrarians Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 818595639RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.