Food Banks of Québec
Charitable organization · Longueuil, Quebec · BN 121134316RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($192,667,719) as filed with the CRA.
Food Banks of Québec is a charitable organization based in Longueuil, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $192.8M in revenue and $192.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from donations, 12% from government. In 2024, 28 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $758K.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 96% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 99% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 84 qualified donees totalling $11M in 2024, the largest being $2.8M to Moisson Montréal Inc.. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $51.2M in 2020 to $192.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
Association des banques alimentaires et moissons du québec : solliciter récupérer trier et distribuer des denrées alimentaires(aide alimentaire de première nécessité)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $192.8M | $192.7M | $180.8M | $206K | $11.1M | $3.3M |
| 2023 | $81.8M | $81.6M | $81M | $144K | $8.3M | $3.1M |
| 2022 | $88.5M | $88.7M | $88.2M | $115K | $9.1M | $2.9M |
| 2021 | $88.7M | $86M | $85.6M | $40K | $22.8M | $3.1M |
| 2020 | $51.2M | $50.9M | $48.7M | $110K | $7.7M | $444K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $11M to 84 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Moisson Montréal Inc.$2.8M
- Moisson Rive-Sud$942K
- Moisson Laurentides$883K
- Moisson Mauricie / Centre-Du-Quebec$701K
- Moisson Quebec Inc.$597K
- Moisson Saguenay-Lac-ST-Jean Inc.$564K
- Moisson Sud-Ouest$555K
- Moisson Lanaudiere$470K
- Moisson Estrie$437K
- Centre de bénévolat et Moisson Laval$378K
- Moisson Outaouais$328K
- Moisson Beauce Inc$324K
- Unite Domremy de Mont-Joli Inc.$323K
- Moisson Kamouraska$312K
- S.O.S. Dépannage Granby et Région Inc.$286K
- Centre d'Action Bénévole de Port-Cartier inc.$241K
- Centre de Bénévolat de la Vallée de l'Or$147K
- Centre Communautaire Pro-Sante Inc.$107K
- CENTRE BERNARD-HAMEL / Centre Familial$106K
- Moisson Vallee Matapedia$91K
- Moisson Rimouski-Neigette Inc$83K
- Accueil Blanche Goulet de Gaspe Inc$77K
- Source Alimentaire Bonavignon$30K
- Carrefour Communautaire de Chibougamau$28K
- Centre d'Action Bénévole Ascension Escuminac$26K
Received $758K from 28 charities:
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$192K
- Fondation-Antoine-Turmel /antoine Turmel Foundation$175K
- Fondation Yvan Morin$75K
- RBC Foundation$50K
- Godin Family Foundation$50K
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$50K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$34K
- Betty Averbach Foundation$19K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$17K
- Fondation la Violette$10K
- Burnbrae Farms Foundation$10K
- Fondation Desjardins$8,531
- Fondation Suzanne et Jean-Robert Leclerc$5,000
- The Buttercup Foundation/ La Fondation Buttercup$5,000
- Charitable Foundation of Carquest and Worldpac (canada) Ltd./fondation de Bienfaisance Carquest et Worldpac (canada) Ltee$4,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$3,740
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$3,124
- Fondation Famille Benoit$3,000
- WCPD Foundation$2,000
- Imperial Tobacco Employees Charity Fund (montreal) les Fonds de Charite des Employes d'Imperial Tobacco (montreal)$1,000
- Imperial Tobacco Employees Charity Fund (montreal) les Fonds de Charite des Employes d'Imperial Tobacco (montreal)$1,000
- The Society of the Salesians of Canada$1,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$349
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$810K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marie-Claude Bacon (présidente); Annie Bélanger (administrateur); Patrick Blanchette (administrateur); André Boucher (administrateur); Élaine Côté (représentante des membre); Geneviève Dugré (administratrice); Éric Gamache (administrateur); Annie Goudreault (administratrice); Marcel Groleau (administrateur); Dany Hétu (administrateur membre); Catherine Isabelle (secrétaire); Martin Munger (dg); Martin Ostiguy (administrateur); Daniel Seguin (trésorier); Stéphane Spisak (administrateur); Daniel Tremblay (vice-président).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Food Banks of Québec’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 121134316RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.