Food4Kids Ontario
Charitable organization · Burlington, Ontario · BN 747836096RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($795,897) as filed with the CRA.
Food4Kids Ontario 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 $947K in revenue and $796K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 87% from other charities. In 2024, 20 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1M.
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 73% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $599K in 2024, the largest being $156K to Food4Kids Toronto. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
To provide healthy food for children from low income or disadvantaged homes with healthy food impacting their physical emotional and academic development.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $947K | $796K | $163K | $8,164 | $599K | $1M |
| 2023 | $732K | $713K | $88K | $13K | $584K | $857K |
| 2022 | $935K | $489K | $86K | $41K | $343K | $838K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $956K | $71K | $52K | $808K | $392K |
| 2020 | $831K | $652K | $589K | — | $552K | $273K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $599K to 6 qualified donees:
Received $1M from 20 charities:
- The Charitable Foundation of the Ontario Grocery Industry$364K
- The Sprott Foundation$207K
- James A. Burton and Family Foundation$165K
- RBC Foundation$65K
- Canadahelps Canadon$63K
- Canadahelps Canadon$63K
- The Gupta Family Foundation$40K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$31K
- The Schad Foundation$10K
- Gore Mutual Insurance Company Foundation$5,100
- The Aki Latvala Foundation$5,000
- The John & Ellie Voortman Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$3,000
- Sofina Foundation$2,500
- The Liburdi Family Foundation$2,000
- Knox Presbyterian Church$1,500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$500
- Ventum Foundation$95
- Wainfleet Be In Christ Church$59
- United Way of Greater Toronto$39
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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$159K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sonia Boyle (director); Kasia Bruski (director); Sonya Gulati (secretary); Christian Kokorian (vice chair); Laura Morgan (director); Chris Paolini (director); Kate Salter (director); Rida Sheikh (treasurer); Ryan Strang (chair); Stephen Testa (director); Manisha Thacker (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Food4Kids Ontario’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 747836096RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.