Roots to Harvest
Charitable organization · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 826945487RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,175,689) as filed with the CRA.
Roots to Harvest is a charitable organization based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.1M in revenue and $3.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations, 19% from government, 15% from other charities. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $238K.
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 41% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.8M in 2020 to $3.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Employment - provides employment skills training to young people and adults who are invested in increasing their employability in an environment that promotes community engagement and partnership hard work and core employment skills enhancement. Includes seasonal horticultural outdoor worker program youth garden program and academic year program. Outreach - engages with various communities throughout thunder bay using food and growing as common denominators.includes community grower program cooking programs and superior seed producers. Education - provides educational programs to local …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.1M | $3.2M | $2.7M | $124K | — | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $2.4M | $2M | $105K | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.7M | $1.5M | $30K | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $2M | $1.8M | $1.6M | $29K | — | $889K |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $40K | — | $707K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $238K from 14 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$70K
- RBC Foundation$50K
- United Way of Thunder Bay$20K
- Thunder Bay Community Foundation$19K
- Canadahelps Canadon$18K
- Canadahelps Canadon$18K
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$17K
- The Chawkers foundation$13K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$9,794
- Our Saviour's Lutheran Church of Thunder Bay$930
- United Way of Greater Toronto$734
- BenefAction Foundation$300
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$100
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$34
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kyle Jessiman (treasurer); Johnny Debakker (vice chair); Jennifer Morrison (chair); Allison Sargent (director); Kathy Kortes-Miller (director); Lenore Bonk (director); Janice Piper (director); Julia Bailey (director); Sandra Snider (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Roots to Harvest’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 826945487RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.