Edmonton Gleaners Association
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 129185310RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($51,326,368) as filed with the CRA.
Edmonton Gleaners Association is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $52.8M in revenue and $51.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 19% from donations. In 2024, 108 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11.4M.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 79 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
The edmonton gleaners association operates as edmonton's food bank. While some families and individuals do access services directly from our organization the edmonton gleaners association is a central warehouse and referral centre for more than 389 agencies churches and food depots soup kitchens and other community agencies. The mission statement of the edmonton gleaners association is 'to be stewards in the collection of surplus and donated food for the effective distribution free of charge to people in need in our community while seeking solutions to the causes of hunger. In 2024 the o…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $52.8M | $51.3M | $48.7M | $1M | — | $24.9M |
| 2023 | $47.7M | $46.5M | $44M | $894K | — | $22.6M |
| 2022 | $46.9M | $45.5M | $43.1M | $892K | — | $20.6M |
| 2021 | $42.2M | $40.3M | $38.2M | $822K | — | $19.9M |
| 2020 | $40.9M | $33M | $31.1M | $826K | — | $17.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $11.4M from 108 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$4.3M
- Canadahelps Canadon$4.3M
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$437K
- The HOP Foundation$300K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$259K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$233K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$231K
- Frasca Foundation Inc.$175K
- The Stollery Charitable Foundation$118K
- H W Siebens Charitable Foundation$115K
- Fairway Legacy Foundation$100K
- Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation$92K
- AMA Community Foundation$72K
- BenefAction Foundation$59K
- Lacie Foundation$55K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$54K
- RBC Foundation$50K
- The Tenaquip Foundation$50K
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$45K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$45K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$29K
- The Matt & Betty-Jean Baldwin Foundation$20K
- Allard Foundation LTD.$20K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$20K
- Edmonton Realtors' Charitable Foundation$16K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions79
- Total compensation, all staff$4.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Edmonton Gleaners Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129185310RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.