Upsala Volunteer Firefighters Association
Publicly funded institution · Upsala, Ontario · BN 896453735RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($107,480) as filed with the CRA.
Upsala Volunteer Firefighters Association is a charitable organization based in Upsala, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $131K in revenue and $107K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 93% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Provide Fire Protection To The Upsala Area And Have Volunteer Firefighting Training Program. Operate And Maintain A Firehall And All Equipment. Provide Educaiton Plan For Fire Protection For Two Schools. Inform Community Of New Regulation For Smoke and CO alarms
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $131K | $107K | $107K | — | — | $261K |
| 2023 | $127K | $75K | $75K | — | — | $235K |
| 2022 | $184K | $161K | $161K | — | — | $183K |
| 2021 | $235K | $196K | $196K | — | — | $160K |
| 2020 | $131K | $131K | $131K | — | — | $120K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$24K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Doug Kiezebrink (director); Bradley Kiezebrink (president); Cindy Schnedier (treasurer); Mary Gonyou (secretary); Bill Aseltine (director); Ron Gernat (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Upsala Volunteer Firefighters Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896453735RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.