Friends of Grain Elevators
Publicly funded institution · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 762599728RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($42,054) as filed with the CRA.
Friends of Grain Elevators is a charitable organization based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $3,084 in revenue and $42K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 1621% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,215.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1,600 in 2020 to $3,084 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Friends of grain elevators continues to study the history of canada's grain trade and to publize that history through its website and by other means (including work on a grain trade drama).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,084 | $42K | $42K | — | — | — |
| 2023 | $80K | $46K | $46K | — | — | — |
| 2022 | $36K | $29K | $29K | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $3,486 | $1,531 | $1,237 | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $1,600 | $4,765 | $4,015 | — | — | $13K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,215 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,215
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$30K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Paterson (president); Herbert Deniber (vice-president); Nancy Perozzo (secretary); Abram Epp (treasurer); Cody Alexander (director); James Ball (director); Katherine Ball (director); Richard Bevilacque (director); Douglas Clark; Dustin Gamble (director); Scott Jolliffe (director); Pritom Lambe (director); Sarah Dorenowich (director); Bata Stolav (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friends of Grain Elevators’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 762599728RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.