Where Does Fee Go

So Where Does My Membership Fee Go?

When you pay a membership fee to Athletics Ontario, we do a lot of stuff to improve the quality of the experience for our members. This is just some of what your money does; our budget for this year calls on us to spend:

$4,000 to help support Twilight and Allcomers meets, and another $2,000 to help athletes attend those competitions

$19,000 to cover insurance fees to help keep our sport and members safe

over $38,000 to produce and provide all AO members with Athletics Magazine on the internet

over $9,000 to help eligible AO clubs with the cost of sending coaches and athletes to our National junior and senior championships

$2,800 in athlete recruitment and retention

$7,000 promoting enhanced participation in remote areas of the province

$17,000 to support our provincial teams

$4,000 to plan and compensate volunteer officials with travel to competitions and feed them

$2,000 in support of Masters athletics in the province

$4,500 to help clubs host major track and field competitions

$1,600 to help clubs stage spring training camps

$3,520 on planning and communicating with our members

$8,000 to help our Ontario athletes compete in International Competitions

$3,000 in support of roadracing

$10,000 to rent competition facilities

$45,000 on administrative expenses to run the Association

$8,000 to support our AO team coaches

$2,500 on new coaching/training software and equipment

$4,000 on a new Eastern Canadian series of meets for our Espoir athletes

$4,200 on clinics and upgrading for our coaches and officials

$1,500 for the Step-Up to Excellence program

In addition: AO reduces the amount of work our volunteers do by handling such things as government grant applications, membership services, records and rankings, sanctioning, risk-management, insurance administration, technical consulting, government lobbying, liaising with Athletics Canada and provincial bodies, communications, website updates, program development, championship administration, and accounting. Our administrative salaries and benefits total $220,000 for a staff of three full time, and three part time employees.

In 2005 AO, with financial assistance from the Trillium Foundation, will continue to advance and promote Fun In Athletics, a grassroots program aimed at getting kids involved in track and field at a young age. This year AO will spend $47,000 on Fun in Athletics.

Athletics Ontario thanks you for your support.