North Sydney Food Bank Society
Charitable organization · North Sydney, Nova Scotia · BN 891350241RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($369,196) as filed with the CRA.
North Sydney Food Bank Society is a charitable organization based in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $504K in revenue and $369K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from donations. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $75K.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $238K in 2020 to $504K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Operation of food bank and christmas dinner program
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $504K | $369K | — | — | — | $580K |
| 2023 | $277K | $210K | $205K | — | — | $791K |
| 2022 | $369K | $352K | $69K | — | — | $725K |
| 2021 | $366K | $292K | $19K | — | — | $700K |
| 2020 | $238K | $156K | $156K | — | — | $578K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $75K from 11 charities:
- United Way of Cape Breton County$30K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$22K
- The John and Jeanne Eyking Family Foundation$10K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$6,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,009
- ATCO Electric Epic$1,040
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$583
- Maritime Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church Inc$500
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$150
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$73
- Corporation of the Sisters of ST Martha—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$70K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lawrence Shebib (chair); Calvin Gillard (officer); John Oram (director); Murray Ryan (treasurer); Matthew Ryan (secretary); Earlene Macmullin (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from North Sydney Food Bank Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891350241RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.