The Community Food Sharing Association Inc
Charitable organization · ST John's, Newfoundland and Labrador · BN 119227429RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,171,932) as filed with the CRA.
The Community Food Sharing Association Inc is a charitable organization based in ST John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 89% from donations. In 2024, 26 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.2M.
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 58% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 97% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $770K in 2020 to $1.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Collect and provide food and necessities to various regional food banks
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $1.1M | $403 | — | $3.9M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $933K | $798K | $403 | — | $3.7M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $869K | $729K | $380 | — | $3.4M |
| 2021 | $2M | $602K | $504K | $393 | — | $3.1M |
| 2020 | $770K | $538K | $459K | $2,871 | — | $1.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.2M from 26 charities:
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$395K
- Canadahelps Canadon$258K
- Canadahelps Canadon$258K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$105K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$29K
- Suncor Energy Foundation/fondation Suncor Energie$25K
- Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security$20K
- RBC Foundation$15K
- BenefAction Foundation$10K
- Molson Coors Canada Donations Fund$7,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$5,000
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$4,000
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$4,000
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$4,000
- The O'Neill Foundation Inc.$3,473
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$3,249
- Steelworkers Humanity Fund Inc./ le Fonds Humanitaire des Metallos Inc.$2,500
- Vocm Cares$2,329
- United Way of Newfoundland and Labrador Inc.$2,099
- Charitable Foundation of Carquest and Worldpac (canada) Ltd./fondation de Bienfaisance Carquest et Worldpac (canada) Ltee$1,500
- Redpoll Foundation$1,200
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$780
- Canadian Coast Guard Newfoundland Region Alumni Association Inc.$500
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$450
- Healthier Tomorrows Individual Giving Program$375
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$260K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Wanda Hillier (chair); Michelle Cheeseman (vice chair); Bernice Ivey (director); Angie Ryan (secretary); Sandra Milmore (director); Judy Peddle (director); Robyn White (director); Jeanette Lundrigan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Community Food Sharing Association Inc’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119227429RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.