Faith Food Bank Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 130167349RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($60,578,904) as filed with the CRA.
Faith Food Bank Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $67.3M in revenue and $60.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations, 13% from other charities. In 2024, 145 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $19.6M.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 91% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 91 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Gathering and distrubuting quality food to those in need.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $67.3M | $60.6M | $39.4M | $154K | $6.6M | $43.9M |
| 2023 | $64.2M | $62.4M | $46.9M | $221K | $159K | $38.8M |
| 2022 | $48.9M | $47.9M | $46.1M | $686K | $3.1M | $37.1M |
| 2021 | $56.4M | $48.2M | $46.4M | $648K | $2.3M | $36M |
| 2020 | $57.1M | $44.4M | $42.8M | $644K | $3.9M | $27.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $0 to 73 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Brooks Food Bank Foundation—
- Airdrie Food Bank—
- Taber Food Bank—
- Iyahrhe Nakoda Food Bank Society—
- Lethbridge Food Bank Society—
- Food Banks Alberta Association—
- Kainai Food Bank Society—
- The Okotoks Foodbank—
- Interfaith Food Bank Society of Lethbridge—
- Golden Food Bank Society—
- Youth for Christ Association of Calgary—
- Alexandra Presbyterian Church—
- Victory Outreach Foundation—
- Trellis Work—
- The S.h.a.r.p. Foundation (society Housing AIDS Restricted Persons)—
- The Rehabilitation Society of Calgary for the Handicapped—
- The Mustard Seed—
- The Immigrant Education Society (ties)—
- The Doorway—
- Alexandra Community Health Centre—
- Teach to Grow Canada Foundation—
- The Wood's Homes Foundation—
- Women in Need Society of Calgary—
- Wings of Hope for Africa Foundation—
- Teen Challenge Canada Inc.—
Received $19.6M from 145 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$7.1M
- Canadahelps Canadon$7.1M
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1.1M
- The HOP Foundation$600K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$449K
- The Calgary Foundation$449K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$395K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$241K
- BenefAction Foundation$212K
- Calgary CO-Op Community Foundation$200K
- Abundance Canada$111K
- Lily Street Foundation$100K
- Cal Wenzel Family Foundation$100K
- Boardwalk Charitable Trust Fund$100K
- Aqueduct Foundation$96K
- AMA Community Foundation$72K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$71K
- Danish Lutheran Church$70K
- Calgary Motor Dealers Charitable Foundation$60K
- Vitality Fund$50K
- The Tenaquip Foundation$50K
- Berkhold Family Foundation$50K
- Giles Family Foundation$50K
- ATCO Electric Epic$46K
- Spruce Meadows Leg Up Foundation$45K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions91
- Total compensation, all staff$8.7M
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 Faith Food Bank Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130167349RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.