High Prairie and District Food Bank Society
Charitable organization · High Prairie, Alberta · BN 891029860RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($131,732) as filed with the CRA.
High Prairie and District Food Bank Society is a charitable organization based in High Prairie, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $103K in revenue and $132K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 54% from donations, 10% from government, 18% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $12K.
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 84% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $212K in 2020 to $103K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Providing food hampers to needy clients as required. Taking into account their financial status and eligibility provide food for local schools breakfast program as stock permits in consultation with other social agencies provide extra christmas hampers to facilitate the community kitchen program that teaches and provides classes on how nutricious meals can be made on a tight budget to the young and seniors
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $103K | $132K | $124K | $511 | — | $85K |
| 2023 | $165K | $145K | $136K | $4,667 | — | $113K |
| 2022 | $77K | $125K | — | — | — | $94K |
| 2021 | $107K | $98K | $94K | — | — | $142K |
| 2020 | $212K | $115K | $105K | $5,103 | — | $132K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $12K from 6 charities:
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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$73K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andrew Nafzinger (president); Colin Chalifoux (vice president); Elizabeth Frazer (treasurer); Denise Willier (crc rep); Michael Long (director); Wendy Letendre (secretary); Jamie Kary (director); Samantha McNutt (director); Doreen Willier (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from High Prairie and District Food Bank Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891029860RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.