Crowsnest Pass Food Bank Society
Charitable organization · Blairmore, Alberta · BN 868892191RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($212,642) as filed with the CRA.
Crowsnest Pass Food Bank Society is a charitable organization based in Blairmore, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $210K in revenue and $213K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from donations. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $71K.
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 0% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Providing food hampers to under privileged and needy residents of Crowsnest Pass and surrounding areas. Providing education in regards to hunger issues.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $210K | $213K | — | — | $0 | $537K |
| 2023 | $317K | $185K | $162K | — | — | $540K |
| 2022 | $134K | $160K | $68K | — | — | $408K |
| 2021 | $176K | $126K | $41K | — | — | $434K |
| 2020 | $195K | $143K | $85K | — | — | $477K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $71K from 11 charities:
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$24K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$23K
- Canadahelps Canadon$12K
- Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta$3,500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,775
- Crowsnest Community Christian Centre$1,370
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,263
- Crowsnest Community Baptist Church$1,000
- Steelworkers Humanity Fund Inc./ le Fonds Humanitaire des Metallos Inc.$1,000
- The Western Communities Foundation$420
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$29K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karen Montalbetti (vice president); Anna Colmo (treasurer); Joy Hvizdos (president); O'Brien Tarnasky (director); Leanne Morency (secretary); Heather Kennedy (director); Thayer Head (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Crowsnest Pass Food Bank Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 868892191RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.