Community Meals on Wheels Saint John Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Saint John, New Brunswick · BN 118870898RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($774,253) as filed with the CRA.
Community Meals on Wheels Saint John Inc. is a charitable organization based in Saint John, New Brunswick, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $820K in revenue and $774K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 77% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,833.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 93% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $544K in 2020 to $820K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Providing wholesome meals at low cost to seniors and impaired persons in the saint john and surrounding area.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $820K | $774K | $768K | — | — | $757K |
| 2023 | $598K | $281K | $507K | — | — | $682K |
| 2022 | $488K | $581K | $521K | — | — | $646K |
| 2021 | $529K | $506K | $447K | — | — | $739K |
| 2020 | $544K | $530K | $473K | — | — | $715K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,833 from 4 charities:
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
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$149K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pat McCaffrey (president); Louise Carson (secretary); Ron Jones (treasurer); Patricia Driscoll (director); Jim Carson (director); Karen Stephen (director); Tammy Brine (director); Christina Harvey (director); Joanne Head (director); Theresa Gordon (director); Denielle Poirier (director); Christina Kitchen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Community Meals on Wheels Saint John Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118870898RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.