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
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.
Cents to cause
T1 · computed (open data)67¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 67¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)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 ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)5.6 yr
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
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 ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)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 ↗
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 |
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)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 618 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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 ↗
Right of reply
This charity hasn't added a response yet. When it does, it appears here, beside the numbers, and is never removed. Represent this charity? Submit a response.
Verify everything: full public record on CharityData.ca ↗ · CRA charities listing ↗