Food4Kids Guelph
Charitable organization · Guelph, Ontario · BN 704361518RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($788,862) as filed with the CRA.
Food4Kids Guelph is a charitable organization based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $553K in revenue and $789K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from donations, 33% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $243K.
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 58% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $326K in 2024, the largest being $326K to The Children's Foundation of Guelph and Wellington. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $226K in 2020 to $553K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Food 4 kids guelph provides healthy food on weekends to children with limited or no access to food as well as providing grocery gift cards to the children during school holidays. When schools are active our volunteers package and deliver food bags on a weekly basis to the school who then distribute them to the qualified recipients.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $553K | $789K | $390K | — | $326K | $163K |
| 2023 | $476K | $368K | $333K | $8,223 | — | $400K |
| 2022 | $384K | $350K | $319K | $9,719 | — | $291K |
| 2021 | $337K | $242K | $227K | — | $2,042 | $257K |
| 2020 | $226K | $105K | $86K | $125 | $5,000 | $161K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $326K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $243K from 10 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$111K
- Canadahelps Canadon$111K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,595
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada$5,000
- The Guelph Community Foundation$5,000
- RBC Foundation$2,500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,050
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$200
- United Way of Greater Toronto$153
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$64
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$53K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Hazel Dickie (director); Terrie Jarvis (director); Celia Clark (secretary); Donna Graham (chair); Sylvia Willms (vice chair); Reny Pietrobon (director); Jeffrey Watson (treasurer); Elizabeth Sandals (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Food4Kids Guelph’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 704361518RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.