Parkdale Food Centre
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 889365003RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,997,777) as filed with the CRA.
Parkdale Food Centre is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 12% from government, 76% from other charities. In 2024, 30 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.4M.
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 36% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 90% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 31 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
We operate an emergency grocery program (food bank) three days/week using a choice based model. We offer two community meals weekly on a drop-in basis. We deliver social justice workshops to school-aged children and youth as well as to groups of adults. We provide employment training secondary and post-secondary placements for youth. We convene a city-wide nonprofit network focused on food security. We offer 1:1 support and referral services on a drop-in and appointment basis. We deliver cohort-based peer leadership and skills development programming. In 2024 195 volunteers offered 8 600 hou…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $2M | $1.6M | $145K | — | $855K |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $2.4M | $1.9M | $201K | — | $732K |
| 2022 | $3.3M | $3.2M | $2.8M | $141K | — | $999K |
| 2021 | $3.3M | $3.1M | $2.8M | $122K | — | $917K |
| 2020 | $2.4M | $1.9M | $1.6M | $79K | — | $759K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.4M from 30 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$448K
- Canadahelps Canadon$448K
- Rideau Hall Foundation$160K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$53K
- T-Gear Foundation$50K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$44K
- Wesley M Nicol Foundation$40K
- ST. Brigid's Summer Camp$34K
- Five B Family Foundation$20K
- The Matt Foundation$20K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$17K
- Right To Food$11K
- The Graham Family Foundation$10K
- Kindred Foundation$10K
- The Incorporated Synod Of The Diocese Of Ottawa$7,445
- Taggart Parkes Foundation$5,000
- Dream Community Foundation$5,000
- Kitchissippi United Church$4,000
- Mazon Canada$3,500
- WCPD Foundation$3,000
- ST Stephen's Presbyterian Church$2,970
- BenefAction Foundation$2,000
- Resurrection Church$1,800
- Ottawa-Carleton District School Board$1,132
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,107
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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions31
- Total compensation, all staff$857K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Parkdale Food Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889365003RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.