Southwestern Ontario Fiddle and Step Dance Association
Charitable organization · Stratford, Ontario · BN 896559630RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($9,287) as filed with the CRA.
Southwestern Ontario Fiddle and Step Dance Association is a charitable organization based in Stratford, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $385 in revenue and $9,287 in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $500.
Compared with 986 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Run a fiddle and stepdance contest annually ( for the past 35 years) in order to promote unique arts of fiddle and stepdancing in canadian style. Our volunteers and committee members work at our 5 day event. Our committee members attend our meetings and implement the details required to run this event.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $385 | $9,287 | $7,175 | — | — | $45K |
| 2023 | $807 | $3,062 | $862 | — | — | $54K |
| 2022 | $5,035 | $3,412 | $2,334 | — | — | $56K |
| 2021 | $653 | $795 | $140 | — | — | $54K |
| 2020 | $532 | $2,709 | $2,709 | — | — | $54K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $500 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tami Dewetering (treasurer); Paul Dewetering (director); Shelley Luckhardt (secretary); Dale Luckhardt (director); Dave Parafis (president); Pam Paradis (director); Mark Waymouth (director); Judy Waumouth (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Southwestern Ontario Fiddle and Step Dance Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896559630RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.