Canadian Turfgrass Research Foundation
Public foundation · Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 100773365RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($21,000) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Turfgrass Research Foundation is a public foundation based in Kelowna, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $16K in revenue and $21K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $33.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $34K in 2020 to $16K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
The Foundation will determine and prioritize needed research by maintaining a 3-5 member advisory committee of leading experts in the field of turfgrass agronomy and horticulture qualified as research scientists landscape architects agronomists turfgrass instructors turfgrass managers and the like who put forward and rank research topics (using criteria outlined in 3.4) for funding consideration by the Board of Directors including but not limited to: i. turf uses and function; ii. environmental impacts of turf; iii. sustainable turf management; iv. turf performance impacts on human s…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $16K | $21K | — | — | $14K | $19K |
| 2023 | $55K | $67K | $47K | — | — | — |
| 2022 | $45K | $53K | $28K | — | $0 | $36K |
| 2021 | $31K | $29K | $14K | — | $0 | $43K |
| 2020 | $34K | $69K | $48K | — | $0 | $41K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $33 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$17K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Ross (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Turfgrass Research Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 100773365RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.