Coaldale Community Food Bank Society
Charitable organization · Coaldale, Alberta · BN 890978539RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($75,256) as filed with the CRA.
Coaldale Community Food Bank Society is a charitable organization based in Coaldale, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $134K in revenue and $75K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from donations. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $44K.
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 3% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $234K in 2020 to $134K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the coaldale community food bank society is to relieve poverty by operating a food bank for persons in need in coaldale alberta and its surrounding areas and to undertake activities ancillary and incidental to the attainment of the above charitable purpose.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $134K | $75K | $5,518 | $5,018 | — | $525K |
| 2023 | $143K | $78K | $82K | — | — | $459K |
| 2022 | $147K | $83K | $59K | — | — | $395K |
| 2021 | $112K | $87K | $67K | $481 | — | $346K |
| 2020 | $234K | $98K | $75K | $3,284 | — | $322K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $44K from 15 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$12K
- Netherlands Reformed Congregation of Lethbridge$6,540
- Coaldale Community Wellness Association LTD.$5,000
- Coaldale Mennonite Brethren Church$4,500
- Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta$3,500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$3,311
- Canadian Reformed Church Coaldale$2,695
- Coaldale Mennonite Church$2,000
- Coaldale United Church$1,500
- The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Division$1,306
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$923
- Lethbridge 'people of Praise' Society$250
- Church of the Ascension$250
- Abundance Canada$200
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$105
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$36K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Van Ewijk (chair); Patricia Bowden (secretary); Jacob Weibe (vice chair); Kaelee Dewitt (treasurer); Darlene Van Schouwen (director); Shannon Campbell (director); Rodney Stone (director); Shawn Harthoorn (vice chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Coaldale Community Food Bank Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890978539RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.