Canadian Society for the Study of Names
Charitable organization · Guelph, Ontario · BN 890866965RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,722) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Society for the Study of Names is a charitable organization based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $1,008 in revenue and $1,722 in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $2,242 in 2020 to $1,008 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
An academic and learned society dedicated to the sharing of knowledge on the different aspects of onomastics (e.g. geography linguistics history literature psychology law etc.). The Canadian Society for the Study of Names holds an annual congress and publishes a peer-reviewed journal Onomastica Canadiana (2 issues per year).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,008 | $1,722 | $1,722 | — | $0 | $4,955 |
| 2023 | $1,405 | $885 | $33 | — | $0 | $5,668 |
| 2022 | $1,472 | $987 | $33 | — | $0 | $5,138 |
| 2021 | $3,137 | $718 | $30 | — | $0 | $0 |
| 2020 | $2,242 | $3,975 | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Grace Gomashie (secretary-treasurer); Léo La Brie (member-at-large); Yaives Ferland (vice president); Donna Lillian (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Society for the Study of Names’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890866965RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.