Ontario Agri-Food Education Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Milton, Ontario · BN 132372285RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,195,319) as filed with the CRA.
Ontario Agri-Food Education Inc. is a charitable organization based in Milton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from donations, 62% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $41K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $830K in 2020 to $1.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Ontario agri-food education inc builds awareness and understanding of the agriculture and food industry in ontario classrooms and through online learning. Agriculture-related workshops are held both off-site and in-house for ontario teachers and students.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $981K | $70K | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $848K | $892K | $668K | $74K | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $671K | $790K | $578K | $136K | — | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $918K | $770K | $597K | $86K | — | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $830K | $788K | $536K | $111K | — | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $41K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$798K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sarah Andrewes (vice chair); Mason Ballek (community director); Victoria Berry (chair); Michael Black (corporate director); Julian Brown (corporate director); Joann Chechalk (community director); Emily Den Haan (corporate director); Kathryn Doan (past chair); Phil Emmott (community director); Jennifer Kyle (community director); Jim McMillan (treasurer); Paighton Smyth (corporate director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ontario Agri-Food Education Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132372285RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.