Minden Community Food Centre
Charitable organization · Minden, Ontario · BN 885243048RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($276,921) as filed with the CRA.
Minden Community Food Centre is a charitable organization based in Minden, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $363K in revenue and $277K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from donations. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $150K.
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 7% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
Local food bank for those in need. Distribution Hub for other food banks in the area. Financial Support for food for kids. Prepare Frozen Meals for clients in our community kitchen. Distribute used clothing and household supplies and equipment. Food delivery for those without transportation.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $363K | $277K | $103K | — | — | $771K |
| 2023 | $317K | $206K | $78K | — | — | $667K |
| 2022 | $271K | $161K | $71K | $0 | $0 | $547K |
| 2021 | $241K | $141K | $63K | — | — | $445K |
| 2020 | $411K | $138K | $70K | — | — | $346K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $150K from 13 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$58K
- Canadahelps Canadon$58K
- Christian Community Concern Centre (4C'S Food Bank)$16K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,978
- The Hebel Family Foundation$5,000
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$1,561
- Allsaw Pentecostal Church$1,500
- Minden Bible Church$1,000
- Abundance Canada$500
- The Scottish Rite Club of Victoria District Endowment Fund$250
- ST Paul's Church$85
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$84K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Taylor (director); Patsy Thornett (secretary); Donald Veno (chair); Stephen Upshall (director); William Wood (director); Gary Stoner (secretary); Brandi Hewson (treasurer); Erin Fearrey (director); Paula Ingram (director); James Hicks (director); James Wilson (treasurer); Rebekah Chevalier (director); James Ecclestone (director); David Elliot (director); Cathy Hughes (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Minden Community Food Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 885243048RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.