Fcef Friends of the Central Experimental Farm
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 118913565RR0001 · Agriculture · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($83,065) as filed with the CRA.
Fcef Friends of the Central Experimental Farm is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under agriculture. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $175K in revenue and $83K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $19K.
Compared with 145 environmental charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $85K in 2020 to $175K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The organization supports the protection preservation and enhancement of the visitor areas of the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa Canada. One of the ways this is done is to provide volunteer services for maintenance of the Ornamental Gardens and the Dominion Arboretum. To provide support for these functions the FCEF uses fundraising. These included different programs such as tours book sales lectures etc.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $175K | $83K | $52K | $6,645 | — | $329K |
| 2023 | $112K | $64K | $54K | $6,223 | — | $237K |
| 2022 | $94K | $98K | $61K | $8,778 | — | $188K |
| 2021 | $145K | $76K | $47K | $10K | — | $193K |
| 2020 | $85K | $67K | $46K | $3,809 | — | $239K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $19K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$21K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ewen Shirley (secretary); Eric Jones (president/projects director); Heather Webster (director/treasurer); Elizabeth Atkinson (programs director); Dianne Caldbick (vice president/president); Mark Vigder (operations director); Linda McLaren (gardens director); Christina Fiedorowicz (volunteer director); Lois Burrows (events director); Liz Lumsden (communications director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fcef Friends of the Central Experimental Farm’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118913565RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.