The Virden Area Foundation Inc.
Public foundation · Virden, Manitoba · BN 131848525RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($210,231) as filed with the CRA.
The Virden Area Foundation Inc. is a public foundation based in Virden, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $450K in revenue and $210K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $9,842.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 18 qualified donees totalling $141K in 2024, the largest being $60K to Town of Virden - Municipality. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The organization is engaged to the operation of attracting gifts of capital for the development of an endowment fund and making grants to charitable organization for worthwhile community projects
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $450K | $210K | — | — | $141K | $3.2M |
| 2023 | $356K | $200K | $16K | — | $142K | $3M |
| 2022 | -$2,868 | $148K | $11K | — | $114K | $2.8M |
| 2021 | $454K | $151K | $33K | — | $112K | $3M |
| 2020 | $341K | $127K | — | — | $101K | $2.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $141K to 18 qualified donees:
- Town of Virden - Municipality$60K
- Fort La Bosse Foundation- (VCI clock & Accessible Playground$13K
- Virden & District Health Auxiliary$12K
- Border Regional Library$10K
- Virden Aud Restoration$10K
- Rural Municipality of Wallace-Woodnorth - Municipality$7,834
- Rural Municipality of Sifton - Municipality$5,000
- Fort La Bosse Foundation - Youth in Philanthropy$3,500
- Virden Cemetery Improvement Association$3,282
- Arts Mosaic Inc.$3,200
- Saskatchewan Polytechnic$2,500
- University of Calgary$2,500
- Parkissimo Lodge Inc.$2,500
- Virden Pioneer Home Museum Inc.$1,347
- Providence University College$1,000
- Vancouver Island University$1,000
- Youth for Christ (Brandon & Area)$1,000
- Rural Municipality of Pipestone - Municipality$417
Received $9,842 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$13K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cory Barkley (chairman); Helen McCormick (treasurer); Warren Polk (director); Callie Grieve (director); Jennifer Cochrane (director); Krista Grieve (director); Brad Hayward (vice-chair); Laura Wright (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Virden Area Foundation Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131848525RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.