Food4Kids Halton
Charitable organization · Burlington, Ontario · BN 753588086RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,184,815) as filed with the CRA.
Food4Kids Halton is a charitable organization based in Burlington, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from other charities. In 2024, 39 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $665K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 99% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The organization provides healthy food to elementary school students from at-risk low-income or disadvantaged homes with limited or no food during weekend periods.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $1.3M | $8,280 | — | $489K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1M | $864K | $6,758 | — | $585K |
| 2022 | $901K | $886K | $785K | $2,023 | — | $466K |
| 2021 | $900K | $799K | $692K | $1,667 | — | $450K |
| 2020 | $858K | $599K | $512K | $3,640 | — | $349K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $665K from 39 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$149K
- Canadahelps Canadon$149K
- Food4Kids Ontario$58K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$53K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$36K
- Oakville Community Foundation$30K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$27K
- Rotary Club of Burlington North Foundation Inc.$17K
- RCO Charitable Fund$15K
- JTC Heersink Foundation$15K
- Frank and Janice Lochan Private Foundation$12K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$10K
- Lamb Foundation$10K
- In the Spirit Giving Foundation$10K
- The Domsy Foundation$10K
- The May Court Club of Oakville$7,500
- Canada Gives$7,000
- David McAntony Gibson Foundation$6,539
- The Masonic Foundation of Ontario$5,200
- RBC Foundation$5,000
- Bailie Family Foundation$5,000
- Marian Council 3881 Charitable Trust$5,000
- Burlington Community Foundation$4,630
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$4,500
- Foundation for Human Development$2,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$233K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Terri-Lynn Puckerin (chair); Rob Hewlett (treasurer); Shaila Mehta (vice chair); Tara Dunn (past chair); Doug Lounsbury (director); Dania Thurman (executive director); Lenaee Dupuis (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Food4Kids Halton’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 753588086RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.