Community Christmas Toy and Food Hamper Program
Charitable organization · Paris, Ontario · BN 840266845RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-01-31. Split of total expenditures ($24,116) as filed with the CRA.
Community Christmas Toy and Food Hamper Program is a charitable organization based in Paris, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending January 31, 2024, it reported $24K in revenue and $24K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $885.
Compared with 2,855 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $4,100 in 2024, the largest being $2,100 to Walters Greenhouse. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Hamper program offers food toys (purchased & donated) to local residents. They apply only through application process. About 50-60 volunteers work about 60 hrs through week of event. Approx. 130 volunteers worked around 30hrs packing sorting goods delivering hampers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $24K | $24K | $24K | — | — | $46K |
| 2023 | $26K | $22K | $22K | — | — | $57K |
| 2022 | $27K | $11K | $11K | — | — | $67K |
| 2021 | $27K | $11K | $11K | — | — | $67K |
| 2020 | $19K | $25K | $25K | — | — | $30K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $4,100 to 2 qualified donees:
- Walters Greenhouse$2,100
- Paris Agriculture Society$2,000
Received $885 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shirley Simons (president); Laura Bowlby (secretary); Margaret Wilson-Knill (treasurer); Shirley Simons (chairperson).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Community Christmas Toy and Food Hamper Program’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 840266845RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.