RUSSELL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
Charitable organizationAgriculture·PO BOX 730 STN MAIN · RUSSELL, ON · K4R 1E8·BN 122699416RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-10-31
Cents to cause T1
71¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
29%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
0.8 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$634K
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
Common questions
How do I donate to Russell Agricultural Society?
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Is Russell Agricultural Society a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 122699416RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is Russell Agricultural Society located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is PO BOX 730 STN MAIN, RUSSELL, ON, K4R 1E8. Source.
What does Russell Agricultural Society do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "The Russell Agricultural Society's mission is to cultivate partnerships to provide agricultural awareness and education for our Eastern Ontario Communities. Our vision is to enrich rural life and showcase agricultural diversity in our community. We do this by co-ordinating an annual Agricultural fair including…" Full program description.
How much of Russell Agricultural Society's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 71¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Russell Agricultural Society?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $634K (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's under $1M revenue band, alongside 27,629 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
The Russell Agricultural Society's mission is to cultivate partnerships to provide agricultural awareness and education for our Eastern Ontario Communities. Our vision is to enrich rural life and showcase agricultural diversity in our community. We do this by co-ordinating an annual Agricultural fair including livestock homecrafts and crop competitions. Our fair also includes a venue for youth agricultural competitions and themed educational events as well as promotion of local artisans and performers. Our activities outside of the annual fair include: Curling Bonspiel Ladies Nig… Show more
The Russell Agricultural Society's mission is to cultivate partnerships to provide agricultural awareness and education for our Eastern Ontario Communities. Our vision is to enrich rural life and showcase agricultural diversity in our community. We do this by co-ordinating an annual Agricultural fair including livestock homecrafts and crop competitions. Our fair also includes a venue for youth agricultural competitions and themed educational events as well as promotion of local artisans and performers. Our activities outside of the annual fair include: Curling Bonspiel Ladies Night Chicken BBQ Canada Day festivities community market Art in the Country Barn Dance Christmas (European theme) market. These activities support our educational and entertainment programming.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
71¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 71¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 89¢ among those its size (under $1M).
this charity 71¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
29%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
0.8 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size (under $1M, 27,629): median 1 yr; 14% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$634K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)0%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
15%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
0%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
15%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
85%
T3010 remainder ÷ 4700
Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-10-31 | $375K | 59¢ | 41% | 1 yr |
| 2020-10-31 | $30K | — | — | — |
| 2021-10-31 | $187K | 32¢ | 68% | 5.3 yr |
| 2022-10-31 | $562K | 75¢ | 25% | 0.8 yr |
| 2023-10-31 | $717K | 65¢ | 32% | 0.9 yr |
| 2024-10-31 | $634K | 71¢ | 29% | 0.8 yr |
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From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
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Board of directors
21 directors reported · 13 of 21at arm's length
- KIM, WILLIAMSDIRECTORnot at arm's length
- LOVENUK, KARENHOMECRAFT REPRESENTATIVEarm's length
- OLNEY, CHRISTREASURERarm's length
- LAFRANCE, DONNADIRECTORarm's length
- O'GORMAN-SMIT, ELIZABETHPRESIDENTarm's length
- ROOSEN, KARADIRECTORnot at arm's length
- RUITER, KAITLYNDIRECTORnot at arm's length
- SHELDRICK, RONNA2ND VICE-PRESIDENTarm's length
- WELK, LINDSAYDIRECTORarm's length
- ANDREWS, WILLIAM1ST VICE-PRESIDENTarm's length
Show all 21 directors
- Blanchard, AshleyDIRECTORarm's length
- IDE, RebeccaDirectorarm's length
- NUGENT, JoseeDirectorarm's length
- BOGEN, Jamie LDirectorsarm's length
- MCLEAN, ErinDirectrarm's length
- OLIVE, AdamDirectornot at arm's length
- ROWLAND, SteveDirectornot at arm's length
- LEIFSO, LauraDirectornot at arm's length
- NEWTON, DebbieSecretaryarm's length
- WILLIAMS, DALEDIRECTORnot at arm's length
- ROWLAND, MHAIRIPAST PRESIDENTnot at arm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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