SAINT JOHN HORTICULTURAL ASSOCIATION
Charitable organizationAgriculture·PO BOX 535 STN MAIN · SAINT JOHN, NB · E2L 3Z8·BN 127692317RR0001
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
Cents to cause T1
67¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
25%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
5.6 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$688K
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
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Common questions
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Is Saint John Horticultural Association a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 127692317RR0001. 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 Saint John Horticultural Association located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is PO BOX 535 STN MAIN, SAINT JOHN, NB, E2L 3Z8. Source.
What does Saint John Horticultural Association do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "The Association operates two greenhouses and a cold frame greenhouse where they grow plants and flowers. Most of these plants and flowers are used in the public gardens. The Association maintains the gardens all year round for general use at no charge to the public. Some of the plants and flowers are sold to help with…" Full program description.
How much of Saint John Horticultural Association's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 67¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Saint John Horticultural Association?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $688K (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 Association operates two greenhouses and a cold frame greenhouse where they grow plants and flowers. Most of these plants and flowers are used in the public gardens. The Association maintains the gardens all year round for general use at no charge to the public. Some of the plants and flowers are sold to help with the costs of the public gardens. From April until early October the Association runs a campground in Rockwood Park. Any surplus from the campground operations are reinvested back into the campground through capital improvements with the remainder going to the public gardens.
New programs
Violet Festival in May - sell flowers from the greenhouses and rent booths to vendors to sell their products Halloween Walk in October - tickets are sold for a walk through the campground that is decorated for Halloween Christmas market in November and December - charge an admission fee to the christmas themed market and rent booths to vendors to sell their products
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.
67¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 67¢ 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 67¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
25%
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
5.6 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)$688K
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 ↗
12%
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
12%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
87%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $415K | 71¢ | 25% | 8.4 yr |
| 2020-12-31 | $295K | 58¢ | 36% | 16.1 yr |
| 2021-12-31 | $362K | 71¢ | 24% | 8.9 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $516K | 72¢ | 25% | 6 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $813K | 76¢ | 20% | 4.2 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $688K | 67¢ | 25% | 5.6 yr |
| trend |
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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
11 directors reported · 11 of 11at arm's length
- Akerman, PaulPast Presidentarm's length
- Burgess, GregoryDirectorarm's length
- LeMesurier, JamesDirectorarm's length
- Watt, PatrickDirectorarm's length
- Palmer, AlexPast Presidentarm's length
- Crosby, CourtenayPresidentarm's length
- Wanamaker, BarryDirectorarm's length
- Black, DougDirectorarm's length
- Emrich, AndiVice Presidentarm's length
- McFarlane, ChristopherTreasurerarm's length
- Marr, AngelaSecretaryarm'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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