Ailsa Craig & Area Foodbank & Thrift Store
Charitable organization · Ailsa Craig, Ontario · BN 871375721RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($407,578) as filed with the CRA.
Ailsa Craig & Area Foodbank & Thrift Store is a charitable organization based in Ailsa Craig, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $328K in revenue and $408K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from donations, 10% from other charities. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $112K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Emergency food hampers clothing furniture and household items provided at no cost for client. All but food are available at low cost to the public to fund food bank (food/operations/programs) and emergency benevolent support to clients as approved by general manager (to cover rent utilities etc). Budgeting guidance provided. All payments made directly to creditor funds also accessible for emerg. Housing/basic needs (ie fire victim) hampers delivered to
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $328K | $408K | $274K | $3,902 | — | — |
| 2023 | $294K | $337K | $287K | $210 | — | -$18K |
| 2022 | $282K | $419K | $385K | $16 | — | $167K |
| 2021 | $224K | $184K | — | — | — | $301K |
| 2020 | $298K | $184K | — | — | — | $271K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $112K from 15 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$45K
- Canadahelps Canadon$45K
- Second Blessings - Parkhill$4,700
- First Lobo Baptist Church$3,910
- Ilderton Agricultural Society$3,101
- Melville United Church$2,550
- Living Hope Church$2,400
- ST George's Anglican Church$1,829
- Abundance Canada$1,300
- Ilderton Lions Club Charitable Trust$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$504
- Villages United Pastoral Charge$400
- Coldstream Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (quakers)$250
- United Way Elgin Middlesex$159
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$49
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$131K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alec Sumner (chair); Janice Watt (secretary); Colleen Pavlec (director); Marilyn Bax (director); Ian Macdonald (director); Mark Isaac (general manager); Pamela Harbottle (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ailsa Craig & Area Foodbank & Thrift Store’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 871375721RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.