Country Heritage Agricultural Society
Charitable organization · Milton, Ontario · BN 813821006RR0001 · Agriculture · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,879,565) as filed with the CRA.
Country Heritage Agricultural Society is a charitable organization based in Milton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under agriculture. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 5% from government. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $145K.
Compared with 50 environmental charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Objectives: 1. To advance education by researching the needs of the agricultural community and developing programs for improving food and farming production; 2. To advance education by holding agricultural exhibitions to increase the public's knowledge of farming and food production and increase public involvement in food production through gardens or community plots; 3. To advance education of farmers by developing programs regarding the conversation of natural resources through the saving supporting and protection of unique eco-systems; 4. To relieve poverty by developing and imple…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.9M | $1.7M | — | — | $264K |
| 2023 | $2M | $1.8M | $1.6M | — | — | $632K |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $1.9M | $1.7M | — | — | $521K |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | — | $391K |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $964K | $15K | — | $315K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $145K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$819K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Linda Hruska (director); Brian Little (treasurer); Anna Demarchi-Meyers (director); David Imrie (director); Maurice Rutherford (director); Bruce Christie (director); Beverley Hughes (director); Franklin Tousaw (director); Dwight Greer (director); Janet Horner (president); William Bearss (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Country Heritage Agricultural Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 813821006RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.