PURPLE HILLS ARTS AND HERITAGE SOCIETY
Charitable organizationArts·10 CAROLINE ST E · CREEMORE, ON · L0M 1G0·BN 845780618RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-10-31
Cents to cause T1
94¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
6%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
—
not in this filing
Revenue T1
$87K
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 Purple Hills Arts and Heritage Society?
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Is Purple Hills Arts and Heritage Society a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 845780618RR0001. 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 Purple Hills Arts and Heritage Society located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 10 CAROLINE ST E, CREEMORE, ON, L0M 1G0. Source.
What does Purple Hills Arts and Heritage Society do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "Promoted arts in Creemore and surrounding area including: providing arts instruction in the local public school for grades 4 to 8 (approximately 150 students); a community art show where local people each submit a piece of art in a standard format (approximately 160 submissions); Creemore Festival of the Arts…" Full program description.
How much of Purple Hills Arts and Heritage Society's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 94¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Purple Hills Arts and Heritage Society?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $87K (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
Promoted arts in Creemore and surrounding area including: providing arts instruction in the local public school for grades 4 to 8 (approximately 150 students); a community art show where local people each submit a piece of art in a standard format (approximately 160 submissions); Creemore Festival of the Arts (some 5000 attendees) including marquee shows by artists a retrospective on a beloved local artist 50+ artists displaying their art in local businesses and on local porches 20+ artisans in a market two concerts by well known indigenous musicians (Tom Wilson and Aysanabee) Bhangr… Show more
Promoted arts in Creemore and surrounding area including: providing arts instruction in the local public school for grades 4 to 8 (approximately 150 students); a community art show where local people each submit a piece of art in a standard format (approximately 160 submissions); Creemore Festival of the Arts (some 5000 attendees) including marquee shows by artists a retrospective on a beloved local artist 50+ artists displaying their art in local businesses and on local porches 20+ artisans in a market two concerts by well known indigenous musicians (Tom Wilson and Aysanabee) Bhangra performance and instruction by Gurdeep Pandur; provide scholarships to local public and high school students; float in local Santa Claus Parade Live Karaoke fundraiser
New programs
Promoted Chamber music concert (80 attendees); An evening of indigenous music and poetry for National Day for Truth & Reconciliation (70 attendees)
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.
94¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 94¢ 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 94¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
6%
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)$87K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)8%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
44%
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
8%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
44%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
48%
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 | $53K | — | — | — |
| 2020-10-31 | $19K | 93¢ | 7% | — |
| 2021-10-31 | $16K | 100¢ | — | — |
| 2022-10-31 | $17K | — | — | — |
| 2023-10-31 | $55K | — | — | — |
| 2024-10-31 | $87K | 94¢ | 6% | — |
| 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)
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
6 directors reported · 4 of 6at arm's length
- Melemis, NadineChairnot at arm's length
- Walters, GaryTreasurernot at arm's length
- Lynde, Mary KatharineVice-Chairarm's length
- Hill, AndrewSecretaryarm's length
- Marcoux, PierrePresidentarm's length
- Melemis, NadineVice-Presidentarm'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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