National Farmers Foundation
Charitable organization · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan · BN 882622368RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($180,282) as filed with the CRA.
National Farmers Foundation is a charitable organization based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $164K in revenue and $180K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 77% from donations. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $146K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% 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 $13K in 2020 to $164K in 2024.
In its own words
The objective of the national farmers foundation is to establish a fund to organize and implement programs of education and research around the development of rural canada to direct these programs toward both rural and urban populations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $164K | $180K | $134K | — | — | $93K |
| 2023 | $199K | $233K | $199K | — | — | $109K |
| 2022 | $54K | $57K | $31K | — | — | $144K |
| 2021 | $12K | $5,695 | — | — | — | $147K |
| 2020 | $13K | $3,756 | — | — | — | $141K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $146K from 9 charities:
- Endswell 2021 Foundation$44K
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$30K
- The Catherine Donnelly Foundation$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$17K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$10K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$10K
- Vancity Community Foundation$10K
- Uplands Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$300
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$37K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from National Farmers Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 882622368RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.