Lakefield and District Horticultural Society
Charitable organization · Lakefield, Ontario · BN 892666819RR0001 · Agriculture · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($14,763) as filed with the CRA.
Lakefield and District Horticultural Society is a charitable organization based in Lakefield, Ontario, classified by the CRA under agriculture. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $16K in revenue and $15K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from donations, 8% from government.
Compared with 211 environmental charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $317 in 2024, the largest being $117 to Lakefield Baptist Church Foodbank. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $8,554 in 2020 to $16K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Educate members students and public on horticultural subjects through example discussion presentations and monthly meetings. Beautification of Lakefield and District by providing plants planters and maintaining public gardens and a bee pollinator garden. Sponsor local students in pursuit of horticultural studies.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $16K | $15K | $11K | — | $417 | $14K |
| 2023 | $11K | $13K | $11K | — | $350 | $13K |
| 2022 | $11K | $13K | $11K | — | — | $15K |
| 2021 | $10K | $7,227 | $3,570 | — | — | $9,085 |
| 2020 | $8,554 | $11K | $9,089 | — | — | $13K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $317 to 4 qualified donees:
- Lakefield Baptist Church Foodbank$117
- Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre$100
- Kawartha Youth For Christ$100
- Lakefield Trail Township of Selwyn—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dianne Tedford (past president); Cecilia Leigh (treasurer); Pam Chellew (president); Anne Stone (director); Bev Thompson (director); Norma Walker (director); Marjut Mickels (director); Wendy Best (director); Susanne Lloyd (director); Lynn Lavoie (director); Joanne Anderson (director); Silvia Strobl (vice president); Robert Blane (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lakefield and District Horticultural Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892666819RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.