West Niagara Agricultural Society
Charitable organization · Grassie, Ontario · BN 119019875RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($376,176) as filed with the CRA.
West Niagara Agricultural Society is a charitable organization based in Grassie, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $482K in revenue and $376K in expenditures.
In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11K.
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 90% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $90K in 2020 to $482K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 17 names.
In its own words
Annual post secondary scholarship program annual west niagara fair event harvest of field crops of donation
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $482K | $376K | $376K | — | — | $6.8M |
| 2023 | $410K | $453K | — | — | — | $7M |
| 2022 | $375K | $272K | $131K | $9,100 | $3,600 | $6.6M |
| 2021 | $189K | $77K | $1,000 | $562 | $815 | $6.5M |
| 2020 | $90K | $82K | $18K | — | — | $6.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $11K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$85K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Heather Chechalk (director); Calvin Dunlop (director); Tom Harris (director); Rick Keunen (director); Cal Loney (executive director); Aaron Lowden (director); Renate McGillivray (2nd vice president); Ron Murre (1st vice president); Michael Philpott (director); Harvey Pot (director); Helen Thomas (executive director); Andrew Vanmarrum (director); Annette Vanmarrum (president); Harry Vanmarrum (director); Andrew Vellenga (director); Steve Vooys (director); Kathy Whybourne (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from West Niagara Agricultural Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119019875RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.