Melbourne Agricultural Society
Charitable organization · Melbourne, Ontario · BN 119037083RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($85,724) as filed with the CRA.
Melbourne Agricultural Society is a charitable organization based in Melbourne, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $91K in revenue and $86K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 23% from government, 9% from other charities. In 2022, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $91.
Compared with 2,652 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 81% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $36K in 2020 to $91K in 2024.
In its own words
We are an agricultural society & our main function is to promote all areas of agriculture in an urban & rural community. We endeavour to encourage community support & involvement by the young people of the area in events (ie: 4-h beef swine sheep & horse shows & other agricultural themed events). We had 335 volunteers and 6416 volunteer hours in 2024.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $91K | $86K | $11K | $20K | $500 | $297K |
| 2023 | $90K | $95K | $7,579 | $3,935 | $2,708 | $287K |
| 2022 | $56K | $45K | — | $4,748 | $986 | $288K |
| 2021 | $34K | $41K | — | $315 | $141 | $264K |
| 2020 | $36K | $30K | — | $600 | $142 | $257K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $91 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Melbourne Agricultural Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119037083RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.