Bloor West Food Bank Association
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 771306800RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($81,493) as filed with the CRA.
Bloor West Food Bank Association is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $147K in revenue and $81K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from donations, 42% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $599K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 100% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 90% of that peer group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Operation of a food bank serving approximately 380 families or 900 individuals each week. Food is received and sorted each Thursday with the support of approximately 30 volunteers. Food is distributed to those in need each Friday with the support of approximately 40 volunteers. Client numbers have increased slightly since 2023
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $147K | $81K | $905K | $295 | — | $93K |
| 2023 | $18K | $6,633 | — | — | $0 | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $599K from 11 charities:
- Daily Bread Food Bank$511K
- Canadahelps Canadon$37K
- Canadahelps Canadon$37K
- Aqueduct Foundation$5,000
- Toronto Foundation$3,133
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$1,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,214
- ST Martin-In-The-Fields Angligan Church$1,200
- CSI Christ Church Toronto$1,000
- Gary & Maxie Bluestein Charitable Foundation$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$80
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mary Waterhouse (executive director); Karen Allmen (chairperson); Wendy Hammond (treasurer); Maggie Galloway (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bloor West Food Bank Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 771306800RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.