Essa Food Bank Inc.
Charitable organization · Angus, Ontario · BN 891843179RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($67,816) as filed with the CRA.
Essa Food Bank Inc. is a charitable organization based in Angus, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $183K in revenue and $68K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from donations, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $27K.
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 91% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $121K in 2020 to $183K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Purchasing and collecting food/donations from the public and distributing to the community members in need.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $183K | $68K | $68K | — | — | $381K |
| 2023 | $117K | $64K | $64K | — | — | $267K |
| 2022 | $159K | $85K | $85K | — | — | $222K |
| 2021 | $72K | $43K | $41K | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $121K | $75K | $75K | — | — | $96K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $27K from 12 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,814
- Vancouver Foundation$4,050
- The Barrie Colts Foundation$3,000
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$2,132
- The Albarrie Foundation$2,000
- Living Faith Community Presbyterian Church$1,400
- The Simcoe Free Church$1,300
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,026
- Simcoe County Paramedic Association$991
- David McAntony Gibson Foundation$895
- Christ Church - ST Jude's$865
- ST. George's Church$200
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Heather Morgan (chair); Pauline Saunders (director); Linda Knight (treasurer); Brenda Thiessen (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Essa Food Bank Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891843179RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.