Caledon Meals on Wheels
Publicly funded institution · Bolton, Ontario · BN 106829948RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,066,935) as filed with the CRA.
Caledon Meals on Wheels is a charitable organization based in Bolton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $1.1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 57% from government, 14% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $254K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 79% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Caledon meals on wheels provides programs and services that promote the health well-being and independence of seniors and people with disabilities including: - nutritious meals delivered to their home with security checks - friendly visits - social recreational and health promotion groups - equipment that supports search and rescue efforts for those at risk of wandering.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $939K | $2,824 | — | $465K |
| 2023 | $953K | $1M | $872K | $1,206 | — | $448K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $945K | $816K | $2,241 | — | $500K |
| 2021 | $996K | $917K | $813K | $1,974 | — | $302K |
| 2020 | $803K | $844K | $724K | $2,631 | — | $222K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $254K from 11 charities:
- United Way of Greater Toronto$131K
- The United Church of Canada$73K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Brampton and Caledon Community Foundation$5,706
- Gary & Maxie Bluestein Charitable Foundation$2,000
- Dufferin Community Foundation$2,000
- Douglas and Margaret Derry Foundation$1,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$468
- Gary & Maxie Bluestein Charitable Foundation$400
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$659K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gina D'Errico (secretary); Jessica Farber (director); Rochelle Henry (treasurer); Lynn Kiernan (vice-president); Mojgan Schmalenberg (director); Sandra Sharpe (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Caledon Meals on Wheels’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106829948RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.