Essex Area Food Bank
Charitable organization · Essex, Ontario · BN 867322547RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($252,721) as filed with the CRA.
Essex Area Food Bank is a charitable organization based in Essex, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $274K in revenue and $253K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 82% from donations, 14% from other charities. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $35K.
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.
In its own words
Accepted donations of food money and clothing. Distributed food clothing to individuals who were/are in need of assistance. Participated in program to provide nutritional lunch bags to children
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $274K | $253K | $253K | — | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $247K | $279K | $279K | — | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $225K | $155K | $155K | — | — | $18 |
| 2021 | $177K | $113K | — | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $234K | $97K | $97K | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $35K from 17 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,396
- Essex Gospel Community Church$5,150
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$4,500
- Cottam Pastoral Charge$4,090
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$4,000
- Church of the Redeemer$2,910
- Local 444 Canadian Auto Workers Social Justice Fund$2,500
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of London in Ontario$1,500
- Church of the Living Word of Essex County$1,200
- Local 200 Canadian Auto Workers Social Justice Fund$1,000
- Lazarus Outreach Centre Inc.$900
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$780
- The Windsor Community Concert Band Inc.$600
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of London in Ontario$500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$35
- United Way / Centraide Windsor-Essex County—
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Essex Area Food Bank’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 867322547RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.