The Friends of Wesleyville Village Ontario
Publicly funded institution · Port Hope, Ontario · BN 810984229RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($181,082) as filed with the CRA.
The Friends of Wesleyville Village Ontario is a charitable organization based in Port Hope, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $202K in revenue and $181K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 26% from donations, 63% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,370.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 85% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $48K in 2020 to $202K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Restore and preserve the heritage properties which make up the cultural landscape known as wesleyville village namely a small church a one-room school two residences associated properties and outbuildings. Raise sufficient funds to achieve these on-going objectives. Enhanced nature trail fundraising plan that inludes sponsorships and government grants step inside weekends which include markets information sessions tours promotion of the village through continued events and new music concert series at the school house.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $202K | $181K | $175K | — | — | $55K |
| 2023 | $91K | $130K | $127K | — | — | $34K |
| 2022 | $57K | $38K | $35K | — | — | $68K |
| 2021 | $127K | $33K | $32K | $673 | — | $121K |
| 2020 | $48K | $48K | $48K | — | — | $27K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,370 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$35K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Suzanne Stickley (secretary); Scott Bradley (director); Scott Meldrum (director); Robert Sculthorpe (director); Leslie Benson (director); Bree Nixon (treasurer); Beverly Caswell (director); Kathy Dennis (chair); Kathryn McHolm (vice-chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Friends of Wesleyville Village Ontario’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 810984229RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.