Canadian Chestnut Council
Charitable organization · Elora, Ontario · BN 891720641RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($158,713) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Chestnut Council is a charitable organization based in Elora, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $99K in revenue and $159K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from donations. In 2022, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $75.
Compared with 2,652 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 65% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $157K in 2020 to $99K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Projects to break reproductive isloation of endangered species american chestnut through plantings of grafted trees to preserve species breed blight tolerance into tree for restoration to nature support dna testing to assess purity of in-situ trees support propagation method development to assist population increase and preservation - suppport investigation of presence of biological control of invesive fungud chestnut blight - grow and plant out trees to establish seed colonies to preseve species
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $99K | $159K | $155K | — | — | $300K |
| 2023 | $143K | $593K | $591K | — | — | $359K |
| 2022 | $133K | $593K | $591K | — | — | $230K |
| 2021 | $106K | $156K | $153K | — | — | $71K |
| 2020 | $157K | $6,092 | $3,436 | — | — | $79K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $75 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ronald Casier (chair); Christine Vey (director); Douglas Fagan (treasurer); Gordon Chinnick (director); Nathan Munn (secretary); Neil Dunning (director); Sarah Richer (director); Jeffrey Leader (director); John Foster (director); Greig Garland (director); Elliott Groen (director); Heather Zurbrigg (director); Serina Tourangeau (director); Callum Guppy (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Chestnut Council’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891720641RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.