Red Deer Food Bank Society
Charitable organization · Red Deer, Alberta · BN 107878811RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,140,604) as filed with the CRA.
Red Deer Food Bank Society is a charitable organization based in Red Deer, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $6.6M in revenue and $7.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from donations, 6% from government. In 2024, 32 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.3M.
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 84% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 89% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 27 qualified donees totalling $596K in 2024, the largest being $105K to Mountain View Food Bank Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.4M in 2020 to $6.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Redistribution program - reclamation goods from local grocery stores are distributed to central alberta food banks hamper program - 12 times in a 12 month period clients can obtain a hamper of food and hygiene products walk-in program - daily clients can pick up bread and produce agency program - central alberta non-profit organizations are provided with goods ranging from food to cleaning products kibble kitchen - pet food for clients and some local animal rescue programs food production in conjunction with green iglu the food bank has acquired a geodome green greenhouse to grow produce …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.6M | $7.1M | $6.3M | $45K | $596K | $2M |
| 2023 | $5.5M | $5.9M | $5.4M | $28K | $326K | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $4.5M | $4.4M | $4.2M | $7,666 | $55K | $2.5M |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.7M | $1,726 | $46K | $2.2M |
| 2020 | $3.4M | $2.8M | $2.5M | $6,948 | $100K | $2.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $596K to 27 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Mountain View Food Bank Society$105K
- Potter's Hands Ministries Society$84K
- The Alberta Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church$64K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$59K
- The Lord's Food Bank Rocky Mountain House Society$49K
- Delburne Neighborhood Place Society$40K
- Ponoka Food Bank Association$30K
- The Alberta Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church$30K
- Three Hills Area Food Bank Society$28K
- ST. Mary's Trochu Foundation$20K
- Central Alberta's Safe Harbour Society for Health and Housing$12K
- Shining Mountains Living Community Services$11K
- Rimbey Community Home Help Services Association$8,782
- Red Deer Dream Centre Society$8,431
- Canadian Mental Health Association Alberta Central Region 1991$7,017
- Youth HQ$6,927
- Gathering Place$6,623
- The Alberta Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church$4,486
- Paws and Claws Animal Rescue Foundation$3,963
- The John Howard Society of Red Deer$3,301
- Vantage Community Services Society$2,656
- The Young Men's Christian Association of Edmonton$2,596
- Red Deer Native Friendship Society$2,578
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$2,166
- Red Deer Family Service Bureau$1,958
Received $1.3M from 32 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$400K
- Canadahelps Canadon$400K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$201K
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Canada$75K
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$50K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$22K
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$15K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$15K
- First Christian Reformed Church of Red Deer$15K
- AMA Community Foundation$14K
- New Life Fellowship Christian Reformed Church Religious Soci$5,044
- RBC Foundation$5,000
- Potter's Hands Ministries Society$5,000
- Community Foundation of Central Alberta$5,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,561
- ATCO Electric Epic$4,190
- Community Foundation of Central Alberta$3,618
- The Morning Star Charitable Foundation$2,500
- The Foundation Office.ca$2,000
- United Way of Calgary and Area$1,500
- The Red Deer Catholic Regional Division #39$1,299
- The Calgary Foundation$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,000
- Kentwood Alliance Church$945
- Embraced Worship Ministries Foundation$600
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
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alexandra Phillips (vice chairperson); Richmond Miller (chairperson); Buck Buchanan (director); Donald Thompson (executive director); Sharon Moffat (treasurer); Wanda Doktor (director); Donna Durham (director); Ron Durham (director); Jim Grayston (director); Amaan Bharmal (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Red Deer Food Bank Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107878811RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.