Edson Food Bank Society
Charitable organization · Edson, Alberta · BN 886091990RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($326,265) as filed with the CRA.
Edson Food Bank Society is a charitable organization based in Edson, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $290K in revenue and $326K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from donations, 9% from government. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $110K.
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 84% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 81% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $148K in 2020 to $290K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Collect and distribute food in the edson area. Donations and fundraising are the primary source of food that is given out.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $290K | $326K | $322K | $2,500 | — | $523K |
| 2023 | $321K | $237K | $234K | — | $5,000 | $559K |
| 2022 | $319K | $222K | $201K | — | $20K | $472K |
| 2021 | $310K | $182K | $161K | — | $20K | $378K |
| 2020 | $148K | $114K | $113K | — | — | $250K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $110K from 9 charities:
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$65K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$16K
- The Edson-Peers Christian Reformed Church$2,980
- Edson Baptist Church$600
- ATCO Electric Epic$560
- The Western Communities Foundation$200
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$69
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$22
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$12K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dewayne Scott (president); Scott Martin (vice president); Jo-Ann Nault (treasurer); Cheryl Luckwell (secretary); Janet Bellwod (director); Vicky Hill (director); Ralph Nault (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Edson Food Bank Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886091990RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.