Halton Food for Thought
Charitable organization · Burlington, Ontario · BN 847636958RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,426,869) as filed with the CRA.
Halton Food for Thought 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 $1.6M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 43% from donations, 45% from government. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $281K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
We address the issue of child hunger through the delivery of student nutrition programs in partnership with 152 schools in the halton region. We offer healthy foods in snack and meal programs in a universally accessible non-stigmatizing environment
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $15K | — | $357K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $11K | — | $180K |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.4M | $7,973 | — | $238K |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.4M | — | — | $215K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $946K | $3,439 | — | $280K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $281K from 15 charities:
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$92K
- The Peter Gilgan Foundation$53K
- Canadahelps Canadon$27K
- Canadahelps Canadon$27K
- Oakville Community Foundation$19K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$17K
- Frank and Janice Lochan Private Foundation$11K
- A. W. B. Charitable Foundation$10K
- Burlington Community Foundation$9,700
- Bailie Family Foundation$5,000
- The Rotary Club of Burlington-Lakeshore Trust Fund$3,700
- Ewout and Lynn Heersink Family Foundation$3,500
- Toronto Foundation$1,500
- United Way of Greater Toronto$825
- The Synod of the Diocese of Niagara$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$298K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joanne Jones (secretary); Prasad Samala (board vice chair); Jay Poitras (director); Kimberly Bowman (director); Chelsea Bristow (director); Annita Pospisil (director); Cortney Simkins (treasurer); Brett Moodie (director); Eleanor Ramuscak (board chair); Sara Harwood (director); Lisa Cadotte (director); Adriano Perusin (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Halton Food for Thought’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 847636958RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.