Cochrane Food Bank Society
Charitable organization · Cochrane, Alberta · BN 118866789RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($848,573) as filed with the CRA.
Cochrane Food Bank Society is a charitable organization based in Cochrane, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $760K in revenue and $849K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from donations, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $99K.
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 47% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 87% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Foodbank to supply weekly hampers at the request of cochrane family and community social services share your christmas program: to supply christmas hampers of food clothing and gifts to any and all families requesting hampers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $760K | $849K | $738K | $3,441 | — | $795K |
| 2023 | $648K | $671K | $601K | $12K | — | $861K |
| 2022 | $599K | $513K | $464K | $6,419 | — | $884K |
| 2021 | $695K | $519K | $478K | $7,648 | — | $797K |
| 2020 | $765K | $569K | $520K | $8,308 | — | $621K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $99K from 13 charities:
- The Calgary Foundation$54K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$15K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$9,361
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,743
- Aqueduct Foundation$3,400
- Spruce Meadows Leg Up Foundation$3,000
- Seniors on The Bow of Cochrane and Area Society$1,636
- The Rocky View School Division$1,593
- ATCO Electric Epic$996
- United Way of Greater Toronto$514
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$500
- The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division$54
- Cochrane Alliance Church$35
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$85K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marcia Gilbertson (past president); Shevon Daley (treasurer); Ann Beatty (director); Kathy Gibson (activator); Sue Lunnin (president); Kathy Tucker (secretary); Joan Shipton (vice president); Brenda Mottle (secretary); Janice Kenny (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cochrane Food Bank Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118866789RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.