Lakes District Fair Association
Charitable organization · Burns Lake, British Columbia · BN 826892317RR0001 · Agriculture
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($181,489) as filed with the CRA.
Lakes District Fair Association is a charitable organization based in Burns Lake, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under agriculture. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $160K in revenue and $181K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 26% from donations, 10% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $5,000.
Compared with 145 environmental charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 95% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $10K in 2020 to $160K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Children's festival music festival agricultural exhibit horticulture exhibits.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $160K | $181K | $181K | — | — | $95K |
| 2023 | $124K | $102K | $102K | — | — | $139K |
| 2022 | $182K | $147K | $136K | — | — | $111K |
| 2021 | $54K | $9,777 | — | — | — | $128K |
| 2020 | $10K | $49K | $49K | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,000 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Barth (director); Jeanne Parkinson (treasurer); Joan McFee (president); Dan Metcalf (director); Leona Peden (secretary); Doug Shelford (director); Kathy Walker (director); Robert Fowler (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lakes District Fair Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 826892317RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.