Melfort Food Bank Inc.
Charitable organization · Melfort, Saskatchewan · BN 897910261RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($116,433) as filed with the CRA.
Melfort Food Bank Inc. is a charitable organization based in Melfort, Saskatchewan, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $34K in revenue and $116K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $20K.
Compared with 2,855 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $177K in 2020 to $34K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
To collect store and supply food to people in need or in emergency situations or experiencing food insecurity. Food recovery program that allows food still available for human consumption to be redirected to our food bank instead of the land fills so tha can supplement our client hampers with produce and other nutritious food items
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $34K | $116K | $108K | — | — | $131K |
| 2023 | $86K | $88K | $83K | — | — | $418K |
| 2022 | $240K | $268K | $259K | — | — | $420K |
| 2021 | $234K | $73K | $67K | — | — | $410K |
| 2020 | $177K | $79K | $79K | — | — | $249K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $20K from 5 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$19K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cecilia Berggren (chairperson); Frances Bakker (treasurer); Ellen Zuck (secretary); William McLaughlin (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Melfort Food Bank Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897910261RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.