The Chestermere Regional Food Bank Foundation
Charitable organization · Chestermere, Alberta · BN 834630352RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-01-31. Split of total expenditures ($202,684) as filed with the CRA.
The Chestermere Regional Food Bank Foundation is a charitable organization based in Chestermere, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending January 31, 2024, it reported $321K in revenue and $203K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 30% from donations, 40% from government, 9% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $133K.
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 29% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $125K in 2020 to $321K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
After the bell Bread & Extras Good Food Box Community garden Food hampers Meals on Wheels Snack Attack Jacket Racket Backpack program
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $321K | $203K | $156K | $23K | — | $627K |
| 2023 | $248K | $200K | $152K | $26K | — | $509K |
| 2022 | $170K | $145K | $141K | $1,233 | — | $210K |
| 2021 | $354K | $0 | — | — | — | $422K |
| 2020 | $125K | $92K | $22K | — | $22K | $194K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $133K from 8 charities:
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$38K
- Canadahelps Canadon$32K
- Canadahelps Canadon$32K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$14K
- ATB Investor Services Foundation$9,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- The Rocky View School Division$2,324
- The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division$165
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
- Total compensation, all staff$64K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gillian Parmar (president); Cindy Verbona (secertary); Karen Logan (vice president); Dayle Nesbitt (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Chestermere Regional Food Bank Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 834630352RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.