Banque d'Aliments Sudbury Food Bank
Public foundation · Sudbury, Ontario · BN 136855228RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($7,326,191) as filed with the CRA.
Banque d'Aliments Sudbury Food Bank is a public foundation based in Sudbury, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $7.4M in revenue and $7.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 80% from donations, 5% from government. In 2024, 34 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1M.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 22 qualified donees totalling $477K in 2024, the largest being $70K to The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.8M in 2020 to $7.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 33 names.
In its own words
To alleviate the hunger of those living in the city of greater sudbury using the resources of the community and reaching out with tangible food and support
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.4M | $7.3M | $6.5M | $90K | $477K | $3.1M |
| 2023 | $6.2M | $5.9M | $5.2M | $76K | $477K | $3M |
| 2022 | $5.5M | $5.4M | $4.6M | $66K | $476K | $2.7M |
| 2021 | $7.1M | $6.8M | $5.9M | $97K | $692K | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $4.8M | $4.4M | $3.7M | $77K | $398K | $2.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $477K to 22 qualified donees:
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$70K
- Elgin Street Mission (glad Tidings Tabernacle)$70K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$60K
- Our Children Our Future$40K
- Meals on Wheels (sudbury)$40K
- Maison Inner City Home Food Bank Of/de Sudbury$37K
- Blue Door Soup Kitchen$30K
- Banque d'Aliments Sudbury Food Bank$22K
- Maison de Soins Palliatifs de Sudbury Hospice$20K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$19K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario Canada$16K
- Sudbury Better Beginnings Educational Fund$11K
- Reseau Access Network$8,000
- Pregnancy Care Centre & Infant Food Bank$6,675
- Big Brothers Big Sisters Association of the City of Greater Sudbury$6,000
- Sudbury Action Centre for Youth$4,000
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario Canada$4,000
- Association des Jeunes de la Rue$4,000
- The Elizabeth Fry Society of Northeastern Ontario$4,000
- Ontario Association of Food Banks$3,261
- Sudbury Y.w.c.a. Genevra House$3,000
- All Saints Anglican Church$350
Received $1M from 34 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$432K
- Canadahelps Canadon$432K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$41K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$24K
- Banque d'Aliments Sudbury Food Bank$22K
- Robert Stover Charitable Trust$18K
- David McAntony Gibson Foundation$15K
- The Lougheed Foundation$15K
- Calvin Presbyterian Church$6,080
- Youth and Philanthropy Initiative Canada/Initiative Canada Jeunesse et Philanthropie$5,000
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$4,000
- Sudbury Community Foundation$3,500
- Steelworkers Humanity Fund Inc./ le Fonds Humanitaire des Metallos Inc.$3,000
- Steelworkers Humanity Fund Inc./ le Fonds Humanitaire des Metallos Inc.$3,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$2,600
- RBC Foundation$2,500
- Sudbury #10888 Foundation$2,000
- Alan and Doreen Thompson Charitable Foundation Inc.$2,000
- Volunteer Sudbury/benevolat Sudbury$1,230
- ST Peter's United Church$1,193
- ST. Stephen's on the Hill United Church (qualifying)$1,162
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,000
- Toronto Foundation$1,000
- Ukrainian Centre of Sudbury$500
- Walden Senior Citizens and Pensioners Incorporated$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$385K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ed Archer (director); Laurie Bissonette (treasurer); Bill Bray (director); J.M. Bray (director); Mellaney Dahl (president); Bryan Dixon (director); Joe Drago (director); Greg Fontaine (vice chair); Robert Fontaine (director); Krista Fortier (director); Dan Giroux (director); Abbas Homayed (director); Berk Keaney (director); Chris Kemp (director); Dave Kilgour (director); Nick Larochelle (director); Geoffrey Lougheed (director); Derik McArthur (director); Christopher McCormick (director); Kevin McCormick (director); Michael Moore (director); Kristine Morrissey (director); Patti Pegues (director); Terra Posadowski (director); Hailey Romo Daniels (director); Jeff Smith (director); Paul Lefebvre (director); Ashley Larose (director); Meagan Mansour (director); Joseph Nicholls (director); Gary Potts (director); Lynn Wells (director); Mustafa Hirji (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Banque d'Aliments Sudbury Food Bank’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 136855228RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.