WAINFLEET HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Charitable organizationPublic amenities·190 ELGIN ST. · PORT COLBOURNE, ON · L3K 3K3·BN 133564880RR0001
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
Cents to cause T1
70¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
30%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
—
not in this filing
Revenue T1
$7K
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
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Is Wainfleet Historical Society a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 133564880RR0001. 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 Wainfleet Historical Society located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 190 ELGIN ST., PORT COLBOURNE, ON, L3K 3K3. Source.
What does Wainfleet Historical Society do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "• Held an AGM. Elections • In-person meetings except for instances of weather conducted on ZOOM. Educational speakers on historical topics advertised and open to the public. Topics oncalendar of events and Facebook page. Attendance 30 - 40 persons.• Presented four Grade 8 history awards.• History scholarships at…" Full program description.
How much of Wainfleet Historical Society's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 70¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Wainfleet Historical Society?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $7K (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
• Held an AGM. Elections • In-person meetings except for instances of weather conducted on ZOOM. Educational speakers on historical topics advertised and open to the public. Topics oncalendar of events and Facebook page. Attendance 30 - 40 persons.• Presented four Grade 8 history awards.• History scholarships at three high schools.• Produced a historical calendar with the theme of Family Milestones.• Participated in Marshville Heritage Festival the Wainfleet Farmers’ Market and Wainfleet Christmas Markets. Remembrance Day ceremonies at the Cenotaph.• Olde Tyme picnic in July.• Two WH… Show more
• Held an AGM. Elections • In-person meetings except for instances of weather conducted on ZOOM. Educational speakers on historical topics advertised and open to the public. Topics oncalendar of events and Facebook page. Attendance 30 - 40 persons.• Presented four Grade 8 history awards.• History scholarships at three high schools.• Produced a historical calendar with the theme of Family Milestones.• Participated in Marshville Heritage Festival the Wainfleet Farmers’ Market and Wainfleet Christmas Markets. Remembrance Day ceremonies at the Cenotaph.• Olde Tyme picnic in July.• Two WHS members led the group on an interpretive walk of Morgan’s Point. • Talks by three of our members who came to Wainfleet from other countries Talks were presented outdoors on the Marshville Heritage Village grounds.• Wainfleet Fall Fair parade. • Renewed with Ontario Historical Society.• Maintained a presence on Facebook at www.facebook.com/WainfleetHistoricalSociety.• Fielded enquiries received on our email wainfleethistoricalsociety@gmail.com. • Collected membership dues of $5 for the 2023-2024 fiscal year. • Continued working with the Township of Wainfleet and the Wainfleet Library to establish a Wainfleet Archives Room when the library undergoes its planned expansion.• Set up and manned a display at the annual Wainfleet Community Open House. • Advertised our activities including upcoming meetings each month in the Port Colborne-Wainfleet Monthly a local free newspaper
New programs
• Create a perennial garden at the Cenotaph. Cost to be shared with the Township of Wainfleet. Work done by WHS volunteers.• Work with the Township of Wainfleet and the Wainfleet Library to establish the Wainfleet Archives room when further progress becomes possible.• As two public elementary schools in Wainfleet are closing and will merge into one new school we are working with school administration to collect and preserve items/information of historical interest from these schools.• Planned for June 2024 is a group outing to Heartland Forest in Niagara Falls.
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.
70¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 70¢ 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 70¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
30%
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
—
Not reported in this filing: the return leaves out the lines this figure needs, so we show nothing rather than an estimate.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$7K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)6%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
18%
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
6%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
18%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
77%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-31 | $5K | 100¢ | — | — |
| 2020-03-31 | $5K | 100¢ | — | — |
| 2021-03-31 | $20K | 100¢ | 0% | — |
| 2022-03-31 | $5K | 92¢ | 8% | — |
| 2023-03-31 | $6K | 92¢ | 8% | — |
| 2024-03-31 | $7K | 70¢ | 30% | — |
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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)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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Board of directors
8 directors reported · 8 of 8at arm's length
- Aldrey, Elizabeth ADirectorarm's length
- Grant, Paul EDirectorarm's length
- Hodgkins, Janet SPresidentarm's length
- Meisel, Roland WTreasurerarm's length
- Bowden, Godfrey(Geoff)Vice-Presidentarm's length
- Willford, DouglasDirectorarm's length
- Jeffery, Elizabeth AFSecretaryarm's length
- Robson, KellyDirectorarm'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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