Calgary Meals on Wheels
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 118823749RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,486,238) as filed with the CRA.
Calgary Meals on Wheels is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $6.1M in revenue and $6.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 16% from government, 21% from other charities. In 2024, 34 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.7M.
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 33% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 92% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 38 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
CALGARY MEALS ON WHEELS IS A LEADER IN PROVIDING HEALTHY LOCALLY MADE MEALS TO OUR CITY 365 DAYS A YEAR. WE TAKE PRIDE IN MAKING NUTRITIOUS & AFFORDABLE MEALS FRESH FROM OUR FACILITY TO THOUSANDS OF VULNERABLE CALGARIANS EACH YEAR. OUR MISSION -We improve the food security and well-being of our community by preparing and delivering nutritious quality and affordable meals. Our Vision- A world without hunger
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.1M | $6.5M | $5.3M | $409K | — | $10.5M |
| 2023 | $6.1M | $5.8M | $4.7M | $321K | — | $10.7M |
| 2022 | $5.4M | $5.3M | $3.5M | $286K | — | $10.3M |
| 2021 | $5.2M | $4.9M | $3.6M | $247K | — | $10.2M |
| 2020 | $5.5M | $5.3M | $3.8M | $315K | — | $10M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.7M from 34 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$299K
- Canadahelps Canadon$299K
- The Calgary Foundation$283K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$204K
- Calgary CO-Op Community Foundation$115K
- The Jules Foundation$100K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$77K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$67K
- William S. Herron Family Charitable Foundation$35K
- The Kaiser Charitable Foundation (2011)$30K
- Aqueduct Foundation$25K
- Sam Ousher Switzer Charitable Foundation$18K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$18K
- Canada Gives$15K
- The Tenaquip Foundation$15K
- Abundance Canada$10K
- Children's Hospital Aid Society$10K
- The HOP Foundation$10K
- First Church of Christ Scientist$6,000
- HelpAge Canada$5,000
- RBC Foundation$5,000
- Maunders McNeil Foundation Inc.$5,000
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$5,000
- H W Siebens Charitable Foundation$5,000
- ATCO Electric Epic$4,326
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions38
- Total compensation, all staff$2.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tim Gillespie (director); Mohamed Teja (chair); Heather Truber (director); Brad Wennerstrom (director); Scott Sangster (director); John Pieri (vice chair); Christie Phelan (director); Ilir Kuqi (director); Lesley Bolster (treasurer); Claudia Ling (secretary); Duane Blahun (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Calgary Meals on Wheels’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118823749RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.