Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank Inc.
Charitable organization · Cambridge, Ontario · BN 890658743RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,580,150) as filed with the CRA.
Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank Inc. is a charitable organization based in Cambridge, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $6.6M in revenue and $5.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 58 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.2M.
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 72% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 86% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.5M in 2020 to $6.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
The cambridge food bank provides emergency food assistance to low-income individuals living in cambridge and north dumfries. We also provide a number of programs focusing on health and nutrition for adults families and children. In our garden approximately 10 000 pounds of organic produce for distribution to those in need. A low-cost farmers market that travels to 11 neighbourhoods offers fresh purchased produce well below retail prices. We also provide food and household supplies to 15 local non-profits as part of the region-wide food assistance network.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.6M | $5.6M | $5.2M | $23K | — | $4.5M |
| 2023 | $2.3M | $1.6M | $1.3M | $22K | — | $3.5M |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $1.7M | $1.4M | — | — | $2.8M |
| 2021 | $2.8M | $1.7M | $1.3M | — | — | $2.2M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.3M | $1M | — | — | $983K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2.2M from 58 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$545K
- Canadahelps Canadon$545K
- The Food Bank of Waterloo Region$350K
- The Balsillie Family Foundation$200K
- United Way Waterloo Region Communities$133K
- The Lyle Shantz Hallman Charitable Foundation$90K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$88K
- Waterloo Region Community Foundation$50K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$33K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$23K
- David McAntony Gibson Foundation$19K
- Abundance Canada$18K
- Kellor Foundation$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$10K
- Gore Mutual Insurance Company Foundation$8,583
- BenefAction Foundation$8,000
- Preston Mennonite Church$7,800
- Trillium United Church$6,219
- Cambridge Concert Band$6,000
- The Masonic Foundation of Ontario$5,200
- Hamilton Community Foundation$5,000
- River Dali Foundation$5,000
- Cambridge Muslim Society$5,000
- Brenda & Dave Walden Family Foundation$5,000
- Forward Baptist Church Cambridge$4,245
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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jen Loker (director); Kristen Danson (director); Yasmine Mohamid (director); Renee Darrell (chair); Kevin Swayze (secretary); Kari Breen (director); Mariam Ayob (director); Natalie Williamson (treasurer); Hilary Wren (director); Olivia Reed (director); Sarah Loat (director); Nicole Papke (vice chair); Stephen Witteveen (director); Daria O'Reilly (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890658743RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.