Everdale Environmental Learning Centre
Charitable organization · Hillsburgh, Ontario · BN 861517126RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($553,601) as filed with the CRA.
Everdale Environmental Learning Centre is a charitable organization based in Hillsburgh, Ontario, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, it reported $538K in revenue and $554K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 19% from government, 26% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $54K.
Compared with 1,733 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 78% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
1) sustaining farming certificates: internships in oranic farming 2) the planner: courses for new farmers in farm business planning & management 3) farm school programs: curriculum linked hands-on programs for school groups & teachers on property & local schools 4) kids farm camp 5) public tour/events 6) supporting other communiities to start teaching farms 7) growing fresh food for food-insecure community members who cannot afford sufficient nutrious food 8) programs that make guelph-wellington and surrounding areas for food secure
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $538K | $554K | $384K | $31K | — | -$39K |
| 2022 | $490K | $547K | $391K | $23K | — | -$24K |
| 2021 | $578K | $616K | $445K | $25K | — | $32K |
| 2020 | $634K | $545K | $389K | $20K | — | $71K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $54K from 4 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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$270K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2022)
Trevor Crystal (director); Angie Koch (vice chair); Stuart Beumer (treasurer); Ian McCormick (chair); Janet Blanchard (secretary).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Everdale Environmental Learning Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 861517126RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.