Action against hunger ACF (Canada)
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 833634678RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($32,383,901) as filed with the CRA.
Action against hunger ACF (Canada) is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $33.1M in revenue and $32.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.3M.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $16.8M in 2020 to $33.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Action against hunger is a global humanitarian organization that takes decisive action against the causes and effects of hunger. We save the lives of malnourished children. We ensure everyone can access clean water food training and health care. We enable entire communities to be free from hunger. Our ongoing services are: nutrition: providing therapeutic feeding centers to fight against acute malnutrition health: administering medication as well as vaccination and health training in order to combat against diseases. Water sanitation & hygiene: providing access to safe water to displaced…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $33.1M | $32.4M | $28.5M | $196K | — | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $40.9M | $40.4M | $35.9M | $306K | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $42.4M | $42.5M | $38.3M | $398K | — | $668K |
| 2021 | $26.4M | $26.6M | $23.2M | $169K | — | $701K |
| 2020 | $16.8M | $16.7M | $14.2M | $118K | — | $813K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.3M from 17 charities:
- Pathy Family Foundation$435K
- Humanitarian Coalition / Coalition Humanitaire$353K
- Canadahelps Canadon$116K
- Canadahelps Canadon$116K
- The Peter Gilgan Foundation$85K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$64K
- Fellowship of Man Charitable Foundation$40K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$28K
- The Norman and Margaret Jewison Charitable Foundation$15K
- The Norman and Margaret Jewison Charitable Foundation$10K
- Abundance Canada$7,800
- United Way of Greater Toronto$2,500
- The Calgary Foundation$2,000
- Fondation Desjardins$1,588
- Howick Foundation /fondation Howick$1,400
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$1,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$145
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Marc Lescaudron (director); Andrew Armstrong (director); Joseph Lavoie (director); Leslie Carter (board chair); Chinmaya Thakore (director); Val Cambre (vice chair); Heather Fisher (secretary); Ian Todd (director); Stephanie Reif (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Action against hunger ACF (Canada)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 833634678RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.