South Simcoe Railway Heritage Foundation
Charitable organization · Tottenham, Ontario · BN 875296923RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($52,305) as filed with the CRA.
South Simcoe Railway Heritage Foundation is a charitable organization based in Tottenham, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $76K in revenue and $52K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,024.
Compared with 2,652 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $51K in 2024, the largest being $51K to South Simcoe Railway Heritage Corporation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The objects of the foundation are : (a) to provide for the creation promotion and development of educational centres inter-active heritage railway sites adn museums for the education of the general public; (b) to provide assistance for the maintenance storage retro-fit refurbishing installation development and creation of railway museums for the preservation of heritage railway rolling stock and equipment to conduct research relating to heritage railways and conduct seminars conferences courses and meetings on matters pertaining to heritage railways for the education of the gene…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $76K | $52K | — | — | $51K | $361K |
| 2023 | $66K | $39K | — | — | $38K | $337K |
| 2022 | $55K | $41K | — | — | $40K | $310K |
| 2021 | $53K | $133K | — | — | $132K | $296K |
| 2020 | $54K | $48K | — | — | $47K | $376K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $51K to 1 qualified donee:
- South Simcoe Railway Heritage Corporation$51K
Received $6,024 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Young (vice president); Sherri Lusher (secretary); David Otty (treasurer); Andrew Harris (director); Dylan Lunenburg (director); Chris Ellis (director); Aaron Engelke (director); Michael Harris (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from South Simcoe Railway Heritage Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 875296923RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.