The Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba
Charitable organization · Brandon, Manitoba · BN 119105955RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,425,153) as filed with the CRA.
The Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba is a charitable organization based in Brandon, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $3.4M in revenue and $3.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5,953.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $729K in 2020 to $3.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 39 names.
In its own words
The provincial exhibition of manitoba organizes 3 fairs in manitoba to showcase argriculture. They are as follows: the royal manitoba winter fair (fmwf) ag expo (agex) and the manitoba summer fair (msf). They also host an annual presidents dinner during the winter chich promotes agriculture.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.4M | $3.4M | $2.7M | $38K | — | $6M |
| 2023 | $3.1M | $3.4M | $2.3M | $41K | — | $6M |
| 2022 | $2.8M | $2.8M | $1.9M | $23K | — | $6.2M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $841K | $328K | $72K | — | $6.2M |
| 2020 | $729K | $858K | $344K | $51K | — | $5.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,953 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$492K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Barb Andrew (director); Jim Andrey (director); Simon Atkinson (director); Jeff Bieganski (director); Connie Bok (director); LIL Bok (director); Candace Bowles (director); Wayne Buhr (director); Debbie Burgess (director); Karen Burton (director); Kathy Cleaver (president); Greg Crisanti (past president); Mitchell Eastly (director); Jane Haglund-Scott (director); Ryan Holden (director); Dayle Hughson (director); Tom Hutcheson (director); Dallas Johnston (director); Mitch Kaminski (director); Dan Karashowsky (director); Ron Kristjannson (director); David Leech (director); Dallas Mennie (director); Brent Miller (past president); Shirley Neudorf (director); Vern Nystedt (director); Angela Pearen (director); Tim Rowan (director); Mike Sanderson (director); Brendon Sayers (director); Gary Schott (director); Bob Scott (director); Gladden Smith (director); Chad Stiles (director); Clarke Swain (director); Clint Swain (vice president); Rick Thomson (director); Tracey Wilcox (director); Calvin Jacobson (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119105955RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.