Pictou County Food Bank
Charitable organization · Stellarton, Nova Scotia · BN 892285644RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($332,055) as filed with the CRA.
Pictou County Food Bank is a charitable organization based in Stellarton, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $565K in revenue and $332K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 53% from donations, 40% from other charities. In 2024, 21 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $197K.
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 98% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $9,110 in 2024, the largest being $9,110 to Pictou (west) Food Bank Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Provide emergency food to those in need located in pictou county nova scotia
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $565K | $332K | $332K | — | $9,110 | $999K |
| 2023 | $447K | $363K | $340K | — | $7,275 | $751K |
| 2022 | $439K | $256K | $247K | — | $8,759 | $651K |
| 2021 | $291K | $205K | $196K | — | $9,179 | $468K |
| 2020 | $399K | $166K | $166K | — | $5,274 | $364K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $9,110 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $197K from 21 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$72K
- Canadahelps Canadon$72K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$15K
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$11K
- The Southwinds Foundation$6,000
- Gray Road & Union Centre Pioneer Cemetery Association$5,000
- ST. Andrew's Presbyterian Church$3,785
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,752
- Steelworkers Humanity Fund Inc./ le Fonds Humanitaire des Metallos Inc.$2,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,000
- Little Harbour Presbyterian Church$1,000
- Springville Presbyterian Church$888
- Trinity United Church$500
- Zion Presbyterian Church$500
- Pictou United Church$500
- United Way of Colchester County$234
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$200
- First Presbyterian Church$200
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$159
- Congregation of Notre Dame Visitation Province Inc.—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$9,752
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Barb O'Hearn (chair); Lia Leclair (co-treasurer); Courtney Sharpe (vice-chairperson); Wayne Maclellan (director); Ivan Baker (director); Shelley Manning (director); Debi Wadden (director); Jill Demont (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pictou County Food Bank’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892285644RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.