Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario
Charitable organization · Guelph, Ontario · BN 880746532RR0001 · Agriculture · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,415,245) as filed with the CRA.
Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario is a charitable organization based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under agriculture. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 6% from government, 51% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $699K.
Compared with 50 environmental charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $324K in 2020 to $1.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
1.develop and hold public workshops seminars and courses for ecological agriculture methods and issues. 2. Conduct public farm tours of organic farms 3. Produce bimonthly newsletter about ecological farming 4. Provide information service about organic food and farming to the public. 5. Represent small ecological family farmers at some industrial councils and consultations in ontario 6. Award small bursaries to new farmers to learn about ecological farming.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | — | $261K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $962K | — | — | $205K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $923K | — | — | $163K |
| 2021 | $846K | $862K | $789K | $34K | — | $163K |
| 2020 | $324K | $258K | $216K | $75 | — | $179K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $699K from 9 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$734K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Annie Richard (director); Melissa Watkins (treasurer); Katrina McQuail (president); Ricardo Ramirez (secretary); Anan Lololi (director); Denise Miller (director); Annette Peltier-Flamand (director); Isabelle Rode (director); Rav Singh (director); Sarah Martin-Mills (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 880746532RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.