Brant Food for Thought
Publicly funded institution · Brantford, Ontario · BN 861021947RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($896,778) as filed with the CRA.
Brant Food for Thought is a charitable organization based in Brantford, Ontario, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $934K in revenue and $897K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 59% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $586K.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band).
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $481K in 2020 to $934K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Brant food for thought supports students nourishment programs in brantford and brant county with funding volunteer support programs and training. Approximately 10 700 children participate weekly in a healthy breafast lunch and/or snack program. Brant food for thought promotes public awareness and understanding of student nourishment programs in partnership with health professionals.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $934K | $897K | $694K | $11K | — | $117K |
| 2023 | $771K | $785K | $601K | $3,146 | — | $79K |
| 2022 | $909K | $898K | $721K | $416 | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $854K | $833K | $667K | — | — | $83K |
| 2020 | $481K | $485K | $309K | — | — | $62K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $586K from 12 charities:
- Haldimand-Norfolk Resource Education and Counselling Help$461K
- Bulldogs Foundation Inc.$45K
- Canadahelps Canadon$23K
- Canadahelps Canadon$23K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$14K
- Brantford Cornerstone Church$5,000
- Bailie Family Foundation$5,000
- Stephen Smith & Dorothy Woltz Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,956
- The Rotary Club of Brantford Sunrise$1,000
- Wilfrid Laurier University$500
- United Way of Greater Toronto$149
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
- Total compensation, all staff$143K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joshua Laporte (treasurer); Leadbetter Richard (president); Jennifer Gibbons (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Brant Food for Thought’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 861021947RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.