National Turfgrass Research Foundation
Public foundation · Guelph, Ontario · BN 119068534RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($177,070) as filed with the CRA.
National Turfgrass Research Foundation is a public foundation based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $150K in revenue and $177K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations. In 2020, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $120K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 82% of that peer group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Directs and promotes turf research for the benefit of the turfgrass industry and the general public. Supported turfgrass research facilities ie. Univeristy of guelph.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $150K | $177K | $58K | $28K | $76K | $244K |
| 2023 | $119K | $171K | $124K | $33K | — | $271K |
| 2022 | $158K | $136K | $102K | $22K | — | $323K |
| 2021 | $118K | $74K | $65K | — | — | $301K |
| 2020 | $122K | $160K | $111K | $36K | — | $239K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2020
Received $120K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Corrie Almack (director); Perry Brazeau (president); Ron Craig (director); Alexander Dickie (director); Scott Horsburgh (director); Reg Langen (director); Jonathan Smith (secretary-treasurer); Kevin Thompson (director); Mike Van Beek (director); Stuart Bradshaw (director); Travis Russell (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from National Turfgrass Research Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119068534RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.