Centre Wellington Food Bank
Charitable organization · Fergus, Ontario · BN 876523804RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($404,384) as filed with the CRA.
Centre Wellington Food Bank is a charitable organization based in Fergus, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $848K in revenue and $404K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 56% from donations, 29% from other charities. In 2024, 22 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $384K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $20K in 2024, the largest being $20K to Community Resource Centre of North and Centre Wellington. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Emergency food provisions to families in need in the centre wellington township area. Operating a food 'storefront' in fergus ontario. Commercial kitchen space with multiple planned uses including the provision of food services to families in need etc.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $848K | $404K | $327K | $13K | $20K | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $747K | $297K | $251K | $12K | — | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $666K | $272K | $230K | $9,556 | — | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $419K | $221K | $185K | $6,712 | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $599K | $184K | $151K | $8,276 | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $20K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $384K from 22 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$149K
- Canadahelps Canadon$149K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$27K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$15K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$10K
- The Guelph Community Foundation$6,250
- Abundance Canada$6,000
- Melville United Church$4,739
- Vancouver Foundation$4,050
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$3,500
- Waterloo Region Community Foundation$2,007
- Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church$1,560
- Centre Wellington Community Foundation$1,500
- Steelworkers Humanity Fund Inc./ le Fonds Humanitaire des Metallos Inc.$1,250
- ST Andrew's Presbyterian Church$1,000
- Community of Christ Guelph Congregation$750
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$611
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$349
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$200
- United Way of Greater Toronto$86
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
- The Food Bank of Waterloo Region—
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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$95K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jackie Andrews (president); Shannon Reaume (vice president); Linda Golightly (treasurer); Pat Hendry (secretary); Laura Alessio (director); Mark Birse (director); Laura Dimitroff (director); Michael Pride (director); Shelley Spies (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Centre Wellington Food Bank’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 876523804RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.