Greater Hamilton Food Share
Charitable organization · Stoney Creek, Ontario · BN 136957958RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($20,634,430) as filed with the CRA.
Greater Hamilton Food Share is a charitable organization based in Stoney Creek, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $21M in revenue and $20.6M in expenditures.
In 2024, 53 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3.6M.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 82% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 81% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 39 qualified donees totalling $16.6M in 2024, the largest being $4.1M to Mission Services of Hamilton Inc.. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $12.1M in 2020 to $21M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Emergency food procurement. Solicitation and distribution of food obtained from the community and from the food industry. Food is distributed to local food banks hot meal programs and child nutrition programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $21M | $20.6M | $3.4M | $335K | $16.6M | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $15.9M | $15.6M | $2.7M | $249K | $12.3M | $2.3M |
| 2022 | $17.3M | $17.1M | $3.5M | $270K | $13M | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $16.5M | $15M | $3.2M | $219K | $11.3M | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $12.1M | $11.8M | $1.7M | $180K | $9.9M | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $16.6M to 39 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Mission Services of Hamilton Inc.$4.1M
- The Good Shepherd Centre Hamilton$3.1M
- Neighbour to Neighbour Centre (hamilton)$1.6M
- Welcome Inn Community Centre of Hamilton$1.6M
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$722K
- Stoney Creek Community Foodbank$675K
- Flamborough Food Bank$632K
- The Living Rock Ministries$568K
- Community CARE - ST. Catharines and Thorold$475K
- Food for Life Canada Charitable Corporation$444K
- Niwasa Kendaaswin Teg$352K
- Project S.h.a.r.e. of Niagara Falls Inc.$340K
- Hamilton-Wentworth Chapter of Native Women Incorporated$313K
- Wesley Urban Ministries Inc.$273K
- De Mazenod Door Outreach$180K
- The Hope Centre: Community Resources in Advocacy$146K
- Burlington Food Bank$120K
- West Lincoln Community CARE$112K
- Ancaster Community Services$105K
- Port Colborne Community Association for Resource Extension$100K
- Benevolent Society of Grimsby and District$97K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$89K
- The Jewish Social Services of Hamilton Inc.$74K
- Eva Rothwell Centre$72K
- Community CARE of West Niagara$55K
Received $3.6M from 53 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$1.2M
- Canadahelps Canadon$1.2M
- The Freeburne Banting Foundation$200K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$135K
- Canada Gives$115K
- Patrick J McNally Charitable Foundation$100K
- David McAntony Gibson Foundation$89K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$83K
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$75K
- Dofasco Employee Donations Fund Dofasco Inc.$60K
- Patrick J McNally Charitable Foundation$50K
- The Joyce Family Foundation$50K
- Hamilton Golf and Country Club Foundation$45K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$41K
- ST Josephs Hospital Hamilton Employees Charity Trust$37K
- Food Banks Mississauga$21K
- The Liburdi Family Foundation$19K
- The Doug Lamon Foundation$15K
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$11K
- The Henry White Kinnear Foundation$10K
- The Hunt Family Charitable Foundation$10K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$9,048
- Steelworkers Humanity Fund Inc./ le Fonds Humanitaire des Metallos Inc.$8,000
- Mazon Canada$7,100
- BenefAction Foundation$7,000
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
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jo Mercanti (director); Moi Vienneau (secretary); Jennifer Paulino (director); Vince Raso (director); Don Forbes (chair); Anna Kodintseva (director); Tonia Petti (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Greater Hamilton Food Share’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 136957958RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.