High River Food for Thought Ltd.
Publicly funded institution · High River, Alberta · BN 812778645RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($131,404) as filed with the CRA.
High River Food for Thought Ltd. is a charitable organization based in High River, Alberta, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $144K in revenue and $131K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations, 51% from government, 27% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $19K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Food for thought is a lunch program available to all the elementary middle and high schools of high river blackie cayley black diamond turner valley and a select school in okotoks. Our program is intended for students who for various reasons come without lunch to school. Parents teachers and students themselves can request to be added to our lunch program through the schools guidance counsellor. Once signed up that child will receive a balanced lunch (including all four food groups ) every school day
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $144K | $131K | $80K | $13K | $0 | $114K |
| 2023 | $173K | $186K | $123K | $25K | — | $101K |
| 2022 | $197K | $170K | $118K | $17K | — | $115K |
| 2021 | $254K | $256K | $212K | $15K | — | $88K |
| 2020 | $154K | $140K | $77K | $740 | — | $90K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $19K from 4 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$61K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Timothy Curtis (executive director); Cory Macleod (director/vice chair); Nicole Macleod (director); Tammy Beach (director); Mark Bruinsma (director); Shanda Harper (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from High River Food for Thought Ltd.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 812778645RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.