VIA Historical Association / L'association historique de VIA
Charitable organization · Markham, Ontario · BN 782107072RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($76,271) as filed with the CRA.
VIA Historical Association / L'association historique de VIA is a charitable organization based in Markham, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $769K in revenue and $76K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $18K.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 93% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
In its own words
The via historical association was incorporated in 2020 and began operations in 2021. The association has a mandate to preserve historical artifacts including railway passenger cars related to via rail canada and to interpret and promote the history of via rail canada.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $769K | $76K | $67K | $2,845 | — | $999K |
| 2023 | $197K | $172K | $167K | — | — | $306K |
| 2022 | $4,828 | $12K | $12K | — | — | $320K |
| 2021 | $332K | $4,780 | $4,027 | — | — | $327K |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $18K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from VIA Historical Association / L'association historique de VIA’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 782107072RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.