The Food Sharing Project
Charitable organization · Kingston, Ontario · BN 118933522RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,121,462) as filed with the CRA.
The Food Sharing Project is a charitable organization based in Kingston, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 38% from donations, 28% from government, 18% from other charities. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $337K.
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 66% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 79% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $920K in 2020 to $1.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
As a partner in the ontario student nutrition program the food sharing project typically provides 4-5 tonnes of food every week of the school year to 88 elementary secondary and alternative education sites across the city of kingston frontenac county and lennox and addington county. The value of food that is packed by volunteers and delivered by staff exceeds $20 000 each week. Volunteers and school staff provide nutritious meal and hearty snack programs that are universally accessible to any student regardless of need in a stigma-free and caring environment. Schools provide food in a …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.1M | $1M | $13K | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $1M | $1.2M | $1.1M | $605 | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1M | — | $45K | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $918K | $849K | $300 | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $920K | $778K | $743K | $493 | $6,200 | $887K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $337K from 14 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$93K
- Canadahelps Canadon$93K
- United Way of Kingston Frontenac Lennox & Addington$79K
- Anna & Edward C. Churchill Foundation$25K
- Community Foundation for Kingston & Area$25K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$12K
- United Way of Kingston Frontenac Lennox & Addington$6,945
- Steelworkers Humanity Fund Inc./ le Fonds Humanitaire des Metallos Inc.$1,750
- DR. Samuel S. Robinson Charitable Foundation$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$519
- Crossroads United Church$500
- Zion United Church$485
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
- Kids Against Hunger Canada—
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
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$150K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brenda Moore (chair); Cathy Summers (secretary); Sy Golosky (director); Jessica Torresamo (director); Krista Johnston (director); Janice Ezard (director); Michael Higginson (treasurer); Laurie French (director); Kathy Turkington (alcdsb trustee rep); Shawn Murphy (alcdsb trustee rep); Tom Gingrich (vice chair); Robin Hutcheon (ldsb trustee rep).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Food Sharing Project’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118933522RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.