Ontario 4-H Council
Charitable organization · Guelph, Ontario · BN 135887727RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,989,042) as filed with the CRA.
Ontario 4-H Council is a charitable organization based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from government. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $127K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 93% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 19 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
4-h ontario offers youth ages 6-21 the opportunity to 'learn to do by doing' through a variety of programs projects camps and conferences. Programming focuses on life and leadership skills. Dedicated grassroots volunteers bring 4-h to life across the province.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $2M | $1.7M | $132K | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $2M | $2.1M | $1.9M | $208K | $117 | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $965K | $155K | $20 | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $868K | $137K | $80 | $978K |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $717K | $133K | $240 | $968K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $127K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions19
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Laurie Farquharson (past president); Edna White (director); Joanne Hewitson (director); Lesleigh Elgie (director); Fred John Sharpe (director); Penny Anger (director); Alice Van Vugt (youth director); Erica Murray (director); Christine Oldfield (executive director); Jennifer Waldroff (director); Navneet Sadhra (director); Brian O'Neill (director); Debbie Coke (director); Tamara Fisher-Cullen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ontario 4-H Council’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 135887727RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.