Meals on Wheels
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 118981778RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,457,871) as filed with the CRA.
Meals on Wheels is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 46% from government. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $110K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities 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 $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
Meals and wheels is a food service program delivering both hot and frozen meals to frail seniors persons with disabilities and those convalescing enabling to remain in their home as long as possible.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $864K | — | — | $314K |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $938K | — | — | $314K |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $817K | — | — | $255K |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $871K | — | — | $249K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $729K | — | — | $202K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $110K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$585K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Baudouin ST-Cyr (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Meals on Wheels’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118981778RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.