Contact House
Charitable organization · Forest, Ontario · BN 887990042RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($89,898) as filed with the CRA.
Contact House is a charitable organization based in Forest, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $78K in revenue and $90K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $68K.
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 50% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Contact house is a volunteer run food bank serving the north hampton area of southwestern ontario. Through the generosity of churchs/organizations/clubs and the general public we are able to give to those in need food including meat fresh fruit & vegetables & dairy products.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $78K | $90K | $85K | — | — | $160K |
| 2023 | $101K | $72K | $72K | — | — | $129K |
| 2022 | $68K | $48K | — | — | — | $131K |
| 2021 | $70K | $24K | $24K | — | — | $122K |
| 2020 | $75K | $18K | $18K | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $68K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mark Etienne (chairman); Monica Whelan (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Contact House’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887990042RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.