The Loaves and Fishes Foodbank
Charitable organization · Uxbridge, Ontario · BN 895567543RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($298,268) as filed with the CRA.
The Loaves and Fishes Foodbank is a charitable organization based in Uxbridge, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $403K in revenue and $298K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from donations, 42% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $282K.
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 48% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $13K in 2024, the largest being $13K to ST. Andrew's-Chalmers Presbyterian Church. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Assist underprivileged people with emergency food supplies and maintaining of food supplies via food drives
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $403K | $298K | $247K | — | $13K | $825K |
| 2023 | $373K | $279K | $258K | — | $2,000 | $708K |
| 2022 | $309K | $239K | $193K | — | $5,000 | $614K |
| 2021 | $259K | $144K | $127K | — | $4,000 | $544K |
| 2020 | $401K | $118K | $108K | — | $1,111 | $430K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $13K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $282K from 10 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$130K
- Canadahelps Canadon$130K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$13K
- The Anderson Family Foundation$2,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,002
- Vancouver Foundation$1,350
- Living Water Community Church$1,200
- Burns Presbyterian Church$800
- ST Paul's Anglican Church$500
- United Way of Greater Toronto$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Don Mertens (chair); Heather Walsh (secretary); Heather Stover (donation coordinator); Melanie Beattie (distribution manager); Joanne Doucette (treasurer); Kevin McDougall (purchaser).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Loaves and Fishes Foodbank’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 895567543RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.