Empty Stocking Fund Inc.
Charitable organization · North Battleford, Saskatchewan · BN 861690931RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-02-28. Split of total expenditures ($1,595,294) as filed with the CRA.
Empty Stocking Fund Inc. is a charitable organization based in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending February 28, 2024, it reported $269K in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from donations. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $143K.
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 77% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 92% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Provide food and toy hampers to needy families during Christmas. Operate year-round food bank. Provide food to charity soupkitchens and to school meal programs. Volunteer income tax preparation through CRA
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $269K | $1.6M | $1.5M | $264 | — | $379K |
| 2023 | $291K | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1,647 | — | $443K |
| 2022 | $322K | $1.7M | $1.7M | — | — | $485K |
| 2021 | $532K | $830K | $766K | $12K | — | $476K |
| 2020 | $201K | $1M | $970K | $953 | — | $211K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $143K from 12 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$39K
- Canadahelps Canadon$39K
- Food Banks of Saskatchewan Corporation$33K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$15K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$11K
- RBC Foundation$2,500
- Mennonite Community Closet Inc.$2,000
- Community Baptist North Battleford Church Inc.$1,000
- United Way of Saskatoon and Area$130
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$100
- The Battlefords Inc.$100
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$45
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$147K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Edgar Lee (chair); Tracy Clarke (secretary); Mike Aimoe (vice); Dan Fox (director); Michelle Bugg (director); Tracy Benson (director); Lee Nordell (director); Nancy Wagner (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Empty Stocking Fund Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 861690931RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.