Virden and District Playground Development Fund
Publicly funded institution · Virden, Manitoba · BN 130736119RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,003) as filed with the CRA.
Virden and District Playground Development Fund is a charitable organization based in Virden, Manitoba, 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 $8,001 in revenue and $7,003 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 26% from donations, 62% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2021, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $21K.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
To provide an outdoor skating venue for the town of virden 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 | $8,001 | $7,003 | $6,898 | — | — | $39K |
| 2023 | $6,553 | $6,661 | — | — | — | $39K |
| 2022 | $9,394 | $7,380 | — | — | — | $40K |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | $38K |
| 2020 | — | $8,031 | — | — | — | $21K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2021
Received $21K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$1,600
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dwayne Cross (president); Warren Polk (treasurer); Heiko Bueche (secretary); Randy Kolynuk (director); Riley Price (director); John Davidson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Virden and District Playground Development Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130736119RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.