Al Purdy A-Frame Association
Charitable organization · Picton, Ontario · BN 843540840RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($58,923) as filed with the CRA.
Al Purdy A-Frame Association is a charitable organization based in Picton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $50K in revenue and $59K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from government, 47% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $63K.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Al purdy a-frame association (the 'organization') was incorporated without share capital as a not-for-profit corporation under the laws of canada on september 27 2012. The objects of the organization are: - to educate and increase to public's understanding and appreciation of canadian poetry and literature; and - to educate and increase to public's understanding of the arts generally by offering courses seminars retreats and workshops relating to writing and to provide performances of an artistic nature.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $50K | $59K | $56K | — | — | $77K |
| 2023 | $120K | $48K | $42K | — | — | $86K |
| 2022 | $50K | $38K | $33K | — | — | $91K |
| 2021 | $57K | $33K | $31K | — | — | $79K |
| 2020 | $35K | $45K | $40K | — | — | $55K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $63K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jean Baird (president); Patrick White (director); Howard White (director); Christopher Goodwin (director); Barbara Sweet (director); Alexandra Manthorpe (secretary); Raymond Brassard (director); Adam Cavanagh (director); Sophie Edwards (director); Scott Reid (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Al Purdy A-Frame Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 843540840RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.