Windsor-Essex Therapeutic Riding Association
Charitable organization · Essex, Ontario · BN 108214867RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($945,627) as filed with the CRA.
Windsor-Essex Therapeutic Riding Association is a charitable organization based in Essex, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $972K in revenue and $946K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 40% from donations. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $102K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $483K in 2020 to $972K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Utilizing the support of 100 volunteers each week the Windsor - Essex Therapeutic Riding Association provides physical emotional cognitive and mental health support to individuals with diverse needs through equine assisted services.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $972K | $946K | $706K | $64K | — | $2.5M |
| 2023 | $849K | $884K | $637K | $72K | $0 | $2.5M |
| 2022 | $751K | $732K | $553K | $36K | — | $2.5M |
| 2021 | $724K | $686K | $545K | $21K | — | $2.5M |
| 2020 | $483K | $620K | $475K | $15K | $0 | $2.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $102K from 12 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$42K
- Windsoressex Community Foundation$21K
- Canadahelps Canadon$14K
- A Dollar A Day Foundation$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,964
- The Lucier Family Foundation$5,000
- The May Court Club of Windsor$1,500
- Rosati Family Foundation$1,000
- Rotary Club of Harrow Charitable Fund$500
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$415
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$88
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$420K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sue Klotzer (president); Hazel Keefner (director); Debora Richards (director); Dawn Arsenault (vice president); Lois Wares (director); Tara Gatten (director); Crystal Sylvestre (secretary); Catherine Gravelle (director); Thomas Lanoue (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Windsor-Essex Therapeutic Riding Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108214867RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.