Smiths Falls Community Food Bank
Charitable organization · Smiths Falls, Ontario · BN 802814624RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($331,813) as filed with the CRA.
Smiths Falls Community Food Bank is a charitable organization based in Smiths Falls, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $279K in revenue and $332K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from donations, 34% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $137K.
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 61% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 81% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $3,695 in 2024, the largest being $1,215 to Lanark Highlands Food Pantry. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Food bank receives cash donations as well as food donations which are distributed to needy families.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $279K | $332K | $301K | $1,949 | $3,695 | $515K |
| 2023 | $247K | $330K | $305K | $1,118 | $1,100 | $568K |
| 2022 | $223K | $220K | — | — | $2,310 | $650K |
| 2021 | $245K | $82K | $66K | $286 | $3,720 | $648K |
| 2020 | $262K | $99K | $88K | — | $12K | $484K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3,695 to 5 qualified donees:
- Lanark Highlands Food Pantry$1,215
- The Table Community Food Centre$1,190
- Lanark County Food Bank$1,190
- The Incorporated Synod Of The Diocese Of Ottawa$100
- Upper Canada District School Board—
Received $137K from 13 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$48K
- Canadahelps Canadon$48K
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Canada$20K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$6,233
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$4,092
- Rideau Council No 2444 Charitable Trust$2,535
- The Anglican Parish of Kitley$1,458
- Rotary Club of Smiths Falls (service Fund) Inc.$1,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$860
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Kingston in Canada$400
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$20
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$68K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Val Anglehart (director); Rita Brown (director); Leigh Craig (treasurer); Claude Dignard (director); Bev Labelle (secretary); Darlene Nighbor (director); Adrain Sirett (director); Natalia Soteroff (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Smiths Falls Community Food Bank’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 802814624RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.