Central Food Network
Charitable organization · Wilberforce, Ontario · BN 801902164RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($272,735) as filed with the CRA.
Central Food Network is a charitable organization based in Wilberforce, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $301K in revenue and $273K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 56% from donations, 35% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $90K.
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 55% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 77% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Our mission is to relieve poverty by providing food heating supplies & other basic necessities for people who are of low income & in need. We operate two food banks a food distribution hub a Community Cooks meal program & Heat Bank Haliburton County - a program that supports households who are faced with a heating or hydro-related emergency through the provision of emergency firewood home heating fuel as well as information referrals and advocacy. Under the Heat Bank banner we also offer free tax filing assistance as a CVITP Volunteer Income Tax Clinic to help our clients unlock financ…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $301K | $273K | $245K | $2,614 | — | $298K |
| 2023 | $236K | $206K | $181K | $2,022 | — | $270K |
| 2022 | $193K | $201K | $162K | $4,330 | — | $240K |
| 2021 | $223K | $204K | $157K | $2,897 | $0 | $248K |
| 2020 | $221K | $130K | $101K | $220 | $0 | $230K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $90K from 10 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$39K
- Canadahelps Canadon$39K
- Aqueduct Foundation$4,000
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$2,500
- The WB Family Foundation$2,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,080
- ST Mark's United Church$767
- Cardiff United Church$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$192
- Gooderham Pentecostal Church$100
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
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$131K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gay Marie Paige (secretary); Nancy Wright-Laking (chair); Patricia Hewitt (member at large); Chirstine Sharp (vice - president); Kathy Smith; Dan Chan (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Central Food Network’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 801902164RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.