Ridgetown District Agricultural Society
Publicly funded institution · Ridgetown, Ontario · BN 119119634RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($38,329) as filed with the CRA.
Ridgetown District Agricultural Society is a charitable organization based in Ridgetown, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 October 31, 2024, it reported $55K in revenue and $38K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $500.
Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $18K in 2020 to $55K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Farmers' market light horse and pony show tractor show
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $55K | $38K | — | — | — | $748K |
| 2023 | $121K | $23K | $23K | $500 | — | $710K |
| 2022 | $60K | $51K | — | — | — | $630K |
| 2021 | $36K | $29K | — | — | — | $621K |
| 2020 | $18K | $34K | $30K | — | — | $614K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $500 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dennis Carnegie (president); Alan Pool (vice president); Laurie Poole (treasurer); Velma Bachtold (secretary); Kent Vollans (director); Scott Reid (director); Annette Hoffman (director); Jessica Gates (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ridgetown District Agricultural Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119119634RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.