Farm & Food Care Ontario
Charitable organization · Guelph, Ontario · BN 881229975RR0001 · Agriculture
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,606,707) as filed with the CRA.
Farm & Food Care Ontario is a charitable organization based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under agriculture. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from government. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $42K.
Compared with 50 environmental charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Farm & food care ontario is a registered canadian charity and whole-sector coalition made up of representatives from all farming types and associated businesses and positions itself as the helpful expert on ontario agriculture. Farm & food care ontario provides credible information on food and farming to non-farmers and engages the agriculture community through training projects and resource development in three key areas: farm animal care farming & the environment food and farming resources
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.4M | — | — | $496K |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.2M | — | — | $491K |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.2M | — | — | $478K |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | $5,000 | $456K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $922K | — | — | $336K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $42K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$786K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Janelle Cardiff (vice chair); Crispin Colvin (chair); Joe Hickson (director); Quintin McEwan (director); Jennifer Mitchell (director); John Taylor (treasurer); Steve Lake (director); Andrea Veldhuizen (director); Nicki Scott (director); Kelly Gubesch (director); Nadine Schwandt (director); Joost Van Der Heiden (director); Pete Overdevest (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Farm & Food Care Ontario’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 881229975RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.