Right To Food
Public foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 833914484RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($11,478,550) as filed with the CRA.
Right To Food is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $11.5M in revenue and $11.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 7% from government, 69% from other charities. In 2024, 71 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $13.4M.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 44 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 143 qualified donees totalling $5.6M in 2024, the largest being $392K to Norwest Community Health Centres. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $7.6M in 2020 to $11.5M in 2024.
In its own words
Community Food Centres Canada (CFCC) builds and supports vibrant food-focused organizations in low-income communities across the country that bring people together to grow cook share and advocate for policies that improve the health and well-being of marginalized Canadians. We provide stable funding resources and a proven program model to local Affiliate Community Food Centres so they can operate responsive and impact driven Community Food Centres. We also work with the broader food movement (providing training leadership grants) to build greater capacity for impact and to empower commu…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11.5M | $11.5M | $3.1M | $1.1M | $5.8M | $5.1M |
| 2023 | $10.7M | $10.4M | $2.8M | $1.2M | $5.1M | $5.1M |
| 2022 | $28.8M | $28.5M | $3.1M | $1.3M | $22.7M | $4.8M |
| 2021 | $39.5M | $37.9M | $2.2M | $969K | $33M | $4.5M |
| 2020 | $7.6M | $7.2M | $2.5M | $1M | $3.1M | $2.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5.6M to 143 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Norwest Community Health Centres$392K
- Birch Narrows$355K
- The Table Community Food Centre$311K
- The North Grove Society$291K
- The Local Community Food Centre$284K
- Neighbour to Neighbour Centre (hamilton)$276K
- Eel Ground First Nation(Natoaganeg CFC)$241K
- Alexandra Community Health Centre$212K
- Dépôt alimentaire NDG$191K
- South Riverdale Community Health Centre$182K
- Roots Community Food Centre$171K
- Lilwat Nation$169K
- Sherbourne Health Centre Corporation$166K
- Interior Community Services$166K
- Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre$164K
- Rencontres-Cuisines$133K
- Nelson Community Food Centre Society$127K
- Hope House Guelph$125K
- Town of Elliston$57K
- Colchester Community Support Society$50K
- DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society$50K
- South Vancouver Neighbourhood House$38K
- Sherbourne Health Centre Corporation$36K
- Hope Community Services$35K
- Sherbourne Health Centre Corporation$35K
Received $13.4M from 71 charities:
- Arrell Family Foundation$2M
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1M
- The Peter Gilgan Foundation$1M
- The Sprott Foundation$1M
- Temerty Foundation$1M
- The Slaight Family Foundation$800K
- Weston Family Foundation$730K
- The Brian and Joannah Lawson Family Foundation$705K
- Toronto Foundation$654K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$529K
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$400K
- The Medavie Foundation Inc.$315K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$250K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$220K
- The Peterson Foundation$200K
- The Waltons Trust$185K
- Patrick and Barbara Keenan Foundation$155K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$150K
- FCR Thriving Neighbourhoods Foundation$150K
- Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security$150K
- T.R. Meighen Family Foundation/Fondation de la Famille T.R. Meighen$150K
- Makeway Foundation$101K
- Conam Charitable Foundation$100K
- The Peter Gilgan Foundation$100K
- Blais-Green Charitable Foundation$100K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions44
- Total compensation, all staff$4.3M
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 Right To Food’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 833914484RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.