Meals on Wheels London
Charitable organization · London, Ontario · BN 129895124RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,683,056) as filed with the CRA.
Meals on Wheels London is a charitable organization based in London, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.8M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 31% from government. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $194K.
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 45% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Meals on Wheels London partners with volunteers to promote wellness health and independence through the provision of nutritious daily fresh meals weekly frozen meals daily breakfast bags food boxes transportation services to wellness appointments and a friendly visiting program. Subsidy is available for those who meet our eligibility requirements and we assist clients in crisis through our crisis/compassionate program. Mission: Nourishing community wellness one person at a time. Vision: A community in which every person has a pathway to wellness and independence. Values · We…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.4M | $22K | — | $745K |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.6M | $1.4M | $21K | — | $660K |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.4M | $20K | — | $799K |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.4M | $14K | — | $752K |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.3M | $62K | — | $691K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $194K from 17 charities:
- United Way Elgin Middlesex$60K
- United Way Elgin Middlesex$50K
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$20K
- London Community Foundation$13K
- HelpAge Canada$10K
- Woco Foundation$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,985
- Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation Fondation Proches Aimants Petro-Canada$7,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,720
- The London Police Association Charity Fund$2,500
- United Way Elgin Middlesex$2,404
- Smith Family Foundation$2,000
- Kiwanis Club of Forest City - London$1,500
- The Crochet Club of London$840
- The Law Society Foundation$500
- London Hydro Employees' Charities Chest Fund$300
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$11
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$541K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Diane Silva (vice-president); Jennifer Costa (treasurer); Paul Connor (director); Tim D'Souza (director); Brian Costigan (director); Tony Crncich (director); Chad Callander (executive director); Debra Belanger (director); Penny Finneron (director); Sara DeCandido (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Meals on Wheels London’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129895124RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.