Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair
Charitable organization · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 118951565RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($155,034) as filed with the CRA.
Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $121K in revenue and $155K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 23% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 87% of that peer group.
In its own words
Organized and held a 3-day science and engineering fair for youths (Grade 7 to 12) in the City of Hamilton Regional Municipality of Halton Six Nations and the counties of Brant Haldimand and Norfolk; - Activities included registration activity morning judging public viewing and the awards ceremony ; -Mentored students attending the Canada Wide and International science fairs; - Provided financing of trips and chaperones for the top projects to compete at the National and International science fairs; - Provided 9 bursaries of $30 each to students with financial need to assist them to pur…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $121K | $155K | $143K | $313 | — | $113K |
| 2023 | $129K | $174K | $162K | $3,626 | — | $147K |
| 2022 | $134K | $87K | $83K | $45 | — | $192K |
| 2021 | $144K | $93K | $88K | $682 | $0 | $145K |
| 2020 | $101K | $68K | $66K | $606 | — | $93K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $11K from 9 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,273
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2,650
- Hamilton Community Foundation$1,868
- Hillfield Strathallan College$1,300
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$800
- Nikola Tesla Educational Corporation$400
- Hamilton Amateur Astronomers$400
- The Hamilton Association for the Advancement of Literature Science and Art$300
- The Charitable Trust of the Rotary Club of Ancaster Morning$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$4,264
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118951565RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.