Gananoque and Area Food Bank
Charitable organization · Gananoque, Ontario · BN 890949043RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($168,916) as filed with the CRA.
Gananoque and Area Food Bank is a charitable organization based in Gananoque, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $221K in revenue and $169K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from donations. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $119K.
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 67% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 92% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $108K in 2020 to $221K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The organization operates as food bank to provide the public with food for those who are in need.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $221K | $169K | $159K | $310 | — | $498K |
| 2023 | $202K | $222K | $204K | $1,100 | — | $446K |
| 2022 | $233K | $176K | $164K | $1,075 | — | $466K |
| 2021 | $270K | $115K | $104K | $1,411 | — | $409K |
| 2020 | $108K | $41K | $38K | $479 | — | $254K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $119K from 11 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$39K
- Canadahelps Canadon$39K
- United Way of Leeds and Grenville$19K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$18K
- Steelworkers Humanity Fund Inc./ le Fonds Humanitaire des Metallos Inc.$1,750
- The Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario$1,124
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$874
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$520
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$139
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$25K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joanne Lancaster (vice chair/secretary); Barbara Byford (treasurer); Mary Elizabeth McDonald (director); Shannon Griggs (chair); Larry Cote (director); Bob ST Onge (director); Lynda Beckstead (director); William Cartan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gananoque and Area Food Bank’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890949043RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.