Isthmus: Because Hunger Doesn't Take Weekends Off
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 820389898RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($300,225) as filed with the CRA.
Isthmus: Because Hunger Doesn't Take Weekends Off is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $266K in revenue and $300K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from donations, 16% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $29K.
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 28% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Isthmus is a canadian charity that provides food for hungry students during the weekends. Through various programs isthmus raise funds and then arranges to have backpacks filled with food for kids to take home on friday evening which are returned empty on monday morning to be filled again for the next coming friday while many students are supported by school lunch programs isthmus is one of the only programs in the country to provide students with reliable access to food that bridges the food security gap they experience over the weekends.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $266K | $300K | $230K | — | — | $296K |
| 2023 | $227K | $257K | $183K | — | — | $330K |
| 2022 | $160K | $242K | $169K | — | — | $361K |
| 2021 | $287K | $213K | $126K | — | $15K | $444K |
| 2020 | $389K | $209K | $143K | — | — | $370K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $29K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$1,313
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Adam Markwell (president); Jamie Watt (director); Louden Frank McLean Owen (director); Jordy Chilcott (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Isthmus: Because Hunger Doesn't Take Weekends Off’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 820389898RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.