Bow Valley Food Bank Society
Charitable organization · Canmore, Alberta · BN 889670071RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($231,801) as filed with the CRA.
Bow Valley Food Bank Society is a charitable organization based in Canmore, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $231K in revenue and $232K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 75% from donations, 9% from government, 14% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $255K.
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 46% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $72K in 2024, the largest being $26K to Mountain Fire Foods. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $92K in 2020 to $231K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Operate a food bank to collect and distribute food. Assist other community organizations with food for low income people (ie people in need). Provide opportunities for youth groups to assist at the food bank.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $231K | $232K | $129K | — | $72K | $653K |
| 2023 | $235K | $262K | $110K | — | $124K | $653K |
| 2022 | $269K | $141K | $44K | — | $20K | $681K |
| 2021 | $328K | $183K | $90K | — | $69K | $553K |
| 2020 | $92K | $87K | $15K | — | — | $408K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $72K to 6 qualified donees:
- Mountain Fire Foods$26K
- Iyahrhe Nakoda Food Bank Society$25K
- Filipino-Canadian Community Association of the Rockies$8,000
- Homelessness Society of the Bow Valley$5,600
- Ecole Notre-Dame des Monts$4,000
- Town of Canmore (fcss)$3,000
Received $255K from 13 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$106K
- Canadahelps Canadon$106K
- Crossway Community Church Canmore$15K
- The Calgary Foundation$7,901
- BenefAction Foundation$6,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,539
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,900
- Wolfe Pack Warriors Foundation$2,000
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$2,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,000
- Banff Canmore Community Foundation$580
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$257
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$50
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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$39K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Doroty Ford (chair); Pius Rolheiser (vice chair); Glynn Linnard (treasurer); Jane Crawford (secretary); Joan Fiddler (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bow Valley Food Bank Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889670071RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.