The Cottonwood-Gordon Agricultural Society
Publicly funded institution · Red Deer County, Alberta · BN 119228781RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($60,312) as filed with the CRA.
The Cottonwood-Gordon Agricultural Society is a charitable organization based in Red Deer County, Alberta, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $55K in revenue and $60K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $3,050 in 2024, the largest being $1,500 to Bowden Friendship Club.
In its own words
To provide a recreational facility for the community
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $55K | $60K | — | — | $3,050 | $968K |
| 2023 | $49K | $73K | — | — | $450 | $920K |
| 2022 | $48K | $36K | — | — | $450 | $944K |
| 2021 | $73K | $54K | $11K | — | $450 | $928K |
| 2020 | $53K | $52K | $15K | — | $1,500 | $898K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3,050 to 4 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Cottonwood-Gordon Agricultural Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119228781RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.