The Niagara Parks Foundation
Charitable organization · Niagara Falls, Ontario · BN 899564116RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($303,628) as filed with the CRA.
The Niagara Parks Foundation is a charitable organization based in Niagara Falls, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $416K in revenue and $304K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $26K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 68% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 91% of that peer group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The Foundation continues to focus on tree planting memorial bench and tree programs along with the restoration of the Dufferin Island zone
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $416K | $304K | $290K | $5,810 | — | $73K |
| 2023 | $251K | $165K | $152K | $12K | — | $27K |
| 2022 | $310K | $51K | $46K | $3,040 | — | $23K |
| 2021 | $2,401 | — | — | — | — | $2,401 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $26K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Adames (secretary/treasurer); Deborah Whitehouse (chair); Anne Charette (director/governor); Blair McArthur (director/governor); Sylvie Chartrand-Rafi (director/governor); April Jeffs (director/governor); Bob Gale (director/governor); Michele-Elise Burnett (director/governor); Sue-Ann Ramsden (director/governor).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Niagara Parks Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 899564116RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.