Colchester and District Agricultural Society
Publicly funded institution · Sherwood Park, Alberta · BN 118867100RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($48,763) as filed with the CRA.
Colchester and District Agricultural Society is a charitable organization based in Sherwood Park, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $114K in revenue and $49K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2021, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $19.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $22K in 2020 to $114K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Leadership-scholarships promote agriculture-horse show drill team
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $114K | $49K | $25K | — | — | $325K |
| 2023 | $54K | $44K | $21K | — | — | $254K |
| 2022 | $26K | $63K | $42K | — | — | $244K |
| 2021 | $25K | $27K | $24K | — | — | $279K |
| 2020 | $22K | $35K | $29K | — | — | $278K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2021
Received $19 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mark Ackerman (treasurer); Tim Boonstra (director); Sandra Boonstra (director); Lisa Harrison (director); Dave Harrison (director); Jeff Holbrook (director); Sarah Patterson (director); Korinna Levangie (director); Carol Portas (director); Ken Portas (director); Lance Portas (director); Hugh Suffern (vice president); Jeannie Suffern (director); Christine Tarbox (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Colchester and District Agricultural Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118867100RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.