The Strome & District Agricultural Society
Publicly funded institution · Strome, Alberta · BN 119258069RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($141,139) as filed with the CRA.
The Strome & District Agricultural Society is a charitable organization based in Strome, 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 September 30, 2024, it reported $175K in revenue and $141K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 65% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $1,500 in 2024, the largest being $1,000 to Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $82K in 2020 to $175K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
The strome & district agricultural society promotes and supports the agricultural and community development for residents I n the strome and surrounding areas.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $175K | $141K | $122K | $13K | $1,500 | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $109K | $125K | $104K | $10K | $250 | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $66K | $102K | $95K | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $63K | $93K | $87K | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $82K | $131K | $116K | $7,398 | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,500 to 2 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dean Zimmel (director); Brian Pfeffer (director); Brenda Hauck (vice president); Shauna Wisener (director); Brad Mohler (president); Tom Nattrass (director); Brenda Wolbeck (director); Mike Fawcett (director); Nicole Stefanishion (director); Pat Curtis (director); Doug Allan (director); Brian Borgel (director); Glenda Smith (director); Lee-Ann Zimmer (secretary/treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Strome & District Agricultural Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119258069RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.