Friends of the Massasauga Park
Charitable organization · Owen Sound, Ontario · BN 804496289RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,272) as filed with the CRA.
Friends of the Massasauga Park is a charitable organization based in Owen Sound, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, it reported $1,373 in revenue and $2,272 in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from other charities. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $84.
Compared with 2,735 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $11K in 2020 to $1,373 in 2023. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Coming out of covid the friends resumed most of our normal seasonal activities in the park. This included a designated volunteer trail clean up of the bakers trail involving directors members park visitors and ontario parks staff 22 participants (one of three marked trials in the park. An educational session in at the calhoun lodge in partnership with ontario parks the georgian bay biosphere and georgian bay land trust for august 2022 was canceled when no park visitors registered for the event. Friends board continues to meet 4 times per year with the park superintendent for planning purpos…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $1,373 | $2,272 | $2,272 | — | — | $14K |
| 2022 | $1,156 | $2,803 | $2,803 | — | — | $15K |
| 2021 | $45K | $48K | $48K | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $11K | $11K | $10K | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $84 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Marypat Nickel (president); Daniel Purdon (treasurer); Susan Digravio (secretary); Peter Haans (vice president); Luc Voom (director); Ron Wiebe (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friends of the Massasauga Park’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 804496289RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.