The Spruce Grove and District Agricultural Society
Publicly funded institution · Spruce Grove, Alberta · BN 871349239RR0001 · Agriculture
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($320,774) as filed with the CRA.
The Spruce Grove and District Agricultural Society is a charitable organization based in Spruce Grove, Alberta, classified by the CRA under agriculture. 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 September 30, 2024, it reported $408K in revenue and $321K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 66% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $56K.
Compared with 83 environmental institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $189K in 2020 to $408K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The agricultural society is committed to fostering promoting and preserving agricultural awareness and heritage
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $408K | $321K | $286K | — | — | $749K |
| 2023 | $136K | $104K | — | — | — | $644K |
| 2022 | $153K | $117K | — | — | — | $596K |
| 2021 | $111K | $84K | — | $5,795 | — | $558K |
| 2020 | $189K | $91K | — | $85K | — | $530K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $56K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$66K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Teresa Bateman (president); Gerald Lawrence (vice president); Alison Munro (treaurer); Sidney Livingstone (director); Tammy Ryfa (director); Don Benoit (director); Brianna Ryfa (director); Nicola Eddy (director); Darren Snopek (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Spruce Grove and District Agricultural Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 871349239RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.