St. Thomas Elgin Food Bank
Charitable organization · ST Thomas, Ontario · BN 823668587RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($538,009) as filed with the CRA.
St. Thomas Elgin Food Bank is a charitable organization based in ST Thomas, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $742K in revenue and $538K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from donations. In 2024, 24 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $227K.
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 31% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 87% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Operation of food bank for people in need
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $742K | $538K | $423K | $3,875 | — | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $647K | $563K | $439K | $2,593 | — | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $646K | $390K | $292K | $2,766 | — | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $620K | $313K | $212K | $2,237 | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $744K | $250K | $250K | — | — | $840K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $227K from 24 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$73K
- Canadahelps Canadon$73K
- Aqueduct Foundation$20K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$19K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$8,600
- Elgin-ST. Thomas Community Foundation$6,500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$5,390
- Vancouver Foundation$4,050
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$4,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,000
- Don and Hazel Williams Foundation$2,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,604
- Living Hope Community Church$1,600
- ST Thomas Pentecostal Assembly$1,300
- Yarmouth Monthly Meeting$1,000
- United Way Elgin Middlesex$860
- ST. Andrew's Westminister United Church$850
- Goodwill Industries Ontario Great Lakes$692
- Talbotville United Church$584
- The ST Thomas Youth Choir$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$338
- The Junction Christian Reformed Church of ST. Thomas$300
- ST Thomas Christian Church (disciples of Christ)$160
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$217K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Werner Kriese (director); Cassidy Lawrence (director); Sheri Lawrence (director); Richard Routhier (director); Ted Sturk (treasurer); Esther Wendel-Caraher (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from St. Thomas Elgin Food Bank’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 823668587RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.