Cochrane Food Bank Inc./la Banque Alimentaire de Cochrane Inc.
Charitable organization · Cochrane, Ontario · BN 896656030RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($394,190) as filed with the CRA.
Cochrane Food Bank Inc./la Banque Alimentaire de Cochrane Inc. is a charitable organization based in Cochrane, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $590K in revenue and $394K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 49% from donations. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $86K.
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 65% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $370K in 2020 to $590K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Local food bank: to assist in meeting the immediate food needs of food bank recipients in the cochrane ontario area.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $590K | $394K | $369K | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $416K | $314K | $302K | — | — | $988K |
| 2022 | $256K | $275K | $275K | — | — | $887K |
| 2021 | $243K | $215K | $201K | — | — | $906K |
| 2020 | $370K | $146K | $146K | — | — | $878K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $86K from 11 charities:
- The Normand and Laura Lamarche Family Foundation$25K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$23K
- Cochrane Ontario Lion Bill Mitchell Christmas Telethon Foundation$15K
- The Marcel and Frances Labelle Foundation$15K
- The George Lunan Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,440
- Hunta Mennonite Church$886
- Christian Stewardship Services$500
- First Baptist Church (Cochrane)$500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$180
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$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$156K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Raymond Fortier (director); Bernard Sigouin (director); Linda Warrell (vice president); Martin Ayotte (president); Donald Deffiney (secretary); Alison Down (treasurer); Joan Parnell (director); Gary Girard (director); Melanie Mousseau (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cochrane Food Bank Inc./la Banque Alimentaire de Cochrane Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896656030RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.