Fundy Interchurch Food Bank
Charitable organization · Kentville, Nova Scotia · BN 888734860RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($283,576) as filed with the CRA.
Fundy Interchurch Food Bank is a charitable organization based in Kentville, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $243K in revenue and $284K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from donations, 40% from other charities. In 2024, 20 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $75K.
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 79% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
We are a food bank. We collect and purchase food for distribution to individuals and families within our catchment area.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $243K | $284K | $276K | $0 | $0 | $275K |
| 2023 | $184K | $199K | $199K | $0 | $0 | $315K |
| 2022 | $164K | $225K | — | $0 | $13K | $330K |
| 2021 | $234K | $166K | $157K | $0 | $6,500 | $391K |
| 2020 | $164K | $122K | $121K | $0 | $1,000 | $312K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $75K from 20 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$21K
- Canadahelps Canadon$21K
- New Minas Baptist Church$7,855
- Coldbrook Baptist Church$7,252
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$3,768
- Kingsway Assembly$2,755
- RBC Foundation$2,500
- Centreville Baptist Church$2,255
- Alton Baptist Church$1,702
- Corpus Christi Parish$1,085
- Bethany Memorial Baptist Church$1,060
- Parish of ST-James Church$765
- Kings Presbyterian Church$420
- Hope Centre Family Church$400
- Christian Reformed Church of Kentville$260
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$200
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$120
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$107
- Port Williams Health Auxiliary$50
- Kentville United Baptist Church$40
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Cameron (chair); Pete Kerr (recording secretary); Gary Dunfield (sec. treasurer); Donna Hendrick (director); Elizabeth MacArthur (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fundy Interchurch Food Bank’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888734860RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.