Owen Sound Hunger Relief Effort
Charitable organization · Owen Sound, Ontario · BN 817788482RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($912,390) as filed with the CRA.
Owen Sound Hunger Relief Effort is a charitable organization based in Owen Sound, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $947K in revenue and $912K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 72% from donations, 20% from other charities. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $239K.
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 70% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The purpose of owen sound hunger and relief efforts (oshare) is to provide balanced meals for the underprivileged. Oshare is determined to transform the owen sound community by overcoming hunger at every level and providing relief from the effects of poverty - one life at time. Oshare operates in owen sound.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $947K | $912K | $865K | $17K | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $797K | $673K | $589K | $13K | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $751K | $617K | $600K | — | — | $1M |
| 2021 | $901K | $532K | $518K | $1,749 | — | $896K |
| 2020 | $704K | $412K | $396K | $1,399 | — | $527K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $239K from 17 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$92K
- Canadahelps Canadon$92K
- The Joan and Jim Patterson Foundation$10K
- Community Foundation Grey Bruce$9,000
- Canada Gives$8,000
- Vancouver Foundation$5,400
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,299
- Glad Tidings Mennonite Fellowship$3,342
- ST Andrew's Presbyterian Church$2,500
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$2,500
- Calvary Missionary Church$2,300
- Wietse and Corrie Van Dolder and Family Charitable Foundation$2,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,693
- Owen Sound Knights of Columbus Council No 2092 Charitable Trust$1,250
- Rockcliffe Pentecostal Church$1,200
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,000
- ST Philip's Church$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$342K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Patrick McDonough (vice president); Barfoot Sandy (secretary); Maureen Kemp (treasurer); Geoff Amer (chair); Evelyn Klemm (director); Nancy Mohr (director); Gene Rear (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Owen Sound Hunger Relief Effort’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 817788482RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.