Thorold Community Activities Group
Publicly funded institution · Thorold, Ontario · BN 108107780RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,233,833) as filed with the CRA.
Thorold Community Activities Group is a charitable organization based in Thorold, Ontario, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $2.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8,626.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 21 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $825K in 2020 to $2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
To plan for and provide activities programs and services while enhancing the recreational educational and leadership growth of individuals and benefit the community
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $2.2M | $1.8M | $2,610 | — | $134K |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.8M | $1.5M | $1,665 | — | $413K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $722 | — | $558K |
| 2021 | $997K | $990K | $646K | $472 | — | $570K |
| 2020 | $825K | $799K | $799K | $425 | — | $564K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $8,626 from 9 charities:
- Mazon Canada$2,500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,100
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$1,000
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$1,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$513
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$263
- United Way Niagara$171
- United Way Niagara$79
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions21
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Symons (president); Valerie Pighin (director); Amy McCulloch (vice-chair); Jodi Quinlan (secretary); Karent Schilstra (director); Rachel Wrighton (director); Sherrilea Foster (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Thorold Community Activities Group’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108107780RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.