Agriculture in the Classroom Canada
Publicly funded institution · Headingley, Manitoba · BN 806867396RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,278,828) as filed with the CRA.
Agriculture in the Classroom Canada is a charitable organization based in Headingley, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $2.4M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 86% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $232K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 69% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The organization engages students and educators through curriculum-linked teaching tools and outreach initiatives to enhance their knowledge understanding and appreciation of agriculture and food.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.3M | $2.1M | — | — | $198K |
| 2023 | $2.8M | $2.8M | $2.6M | — | — | $67K |
| 2022 | $2.5M | $2.4M | $1.8M | — | — | $139K |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.2M | — | — | $74K |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.4M | — | — | $61K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $232K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$427K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Laurie Loanne (director); Sara Shymko (director); Pat Tonn (director); Rebecca Sooksom (chair); Luree Williamson (treasurer); Chelsea Foley (director); Charlotte Flores (secretary); Katharine Cherewyk (director); Anne-Marie Saint-Germain (director); Miriam Lyonblum (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Agriculture in the Classroom Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 806867396RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.