GROW- Community Food Literacy Centre
Charitable organization · Niagara Falls, Ontario · BN 754337939RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($481,717) as filed with the CRA.
GROW- Community Food Literacy Centre is a charitable organization based in Niagara Falls, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $494K in revenue and $482K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from donations, 11% from government. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $298K.
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 6% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 93% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $162K in 2020 to $494K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Grow's mission is to provide healthy and accessible food for all. Grow reduces food insecurity with dignity builds capacity and community fosters sustainability to support health belonging and social justice in niagara falls through food literacy. Activities and programs include: 1. Low/cost subsidized market 2. Cooking & food skills program 3. Community garden 4. Community meals 5. Food security advocacy
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $494K | $482K | $145K | $141 | — | $212K |
| 2023 | $445K | $368K | $97K | $4,518 | — | $199K |
| 2022 | $330K | $257K | $72K | $155 | — | $120K |
| 2021 | $288K | $242K | $227K | — | — | $47K |
| 2020 | $162K | $161K | $154K | — | — | $53 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $298K from 10 charities:
- The Branscombe Family Foundation$60K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$54K
- Canadahelps Canadon$42K
- Canadahelps Canadon$42K
- The Niagara Falls Rotary Club Foundation$35K
- Barterpay It Forward Foundation$35K
- Information Niagara Inc.$15K
- ST Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church$10K
- The Ontario Paper Thorold Foundation$3,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,887
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$160K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kenise Kilbride (director); Maya Jones (director); Wendy Borelli (director); Farrell Pamella (executive director); Rose Iannacchino (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from GROW- Community Food Literacy Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 754337939RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.