The Ottawa Food Bank/la Banque d'Alimentation d'Ottawa
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 108082363RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($32,006,903) as filed with the CRA.
The Ottawa Food Bank/la Banque d'Alimentation d'Ottawa is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $33.5M in revenue and $32M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 80% from donations, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 121 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3.9M.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 46 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
During this fiscal period the ottawa food bank (ofb) has actively pursued its mission to combat food insecurity through a range of charitable programs. The organization operates as a non-profit providing both fresh and non-perishable food along with essential supplies such as diapers and toiletries to a network of 112 community and emergency food programs throughout the city of ottawa. Established in 1984 the ottawa food bank was initially a temporary measure to address community hunger but it persists today due to the growing need for emergency food access in the city. The ottawa food …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $33.5M | $32M | $26M | $3.6M | $898K | $23.1M |
| 2023 | $27M | $28.3M | $24.1M | $2.7M | $1.2M | $21.7M |
| 2022 | $27.2M | $24.9M | $20.5M | $2.3M | $328K | $22.2M |
| 2021 | $26.1M | $20.1M | $17.1M | $2M | $1.1M | $19.9M |
| 2020 | $30.3M | $20.8M | $17.9M | $1.8M | $1.2M | $13.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3.9M from 121 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$556K
- Canadahelps Canadon$556K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$467K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$367K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$319K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$249K
- Food Banks Mississauga$139K
- The Leacross Foundation/La Fondation Leacross$100K
- BT Sullivan Family Foundation$100K
- RJL Braydon Charitable Foundation$100K
- BenefAction Foundation$94K
- Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security$79K
- Malhotra Family Foundation$75K
- Aqueduct Foundation$67K
- C.B. Powell Foundation$50K
- Goudge Family Foundation$50K
- The David Family Foundation$38K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$25K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$23K
- WCPD Foundation$23K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$23K
- The Eastern Ontario & Western Quebec Christmas Cheer Foundation/la Fondation Esprit de Noel de l'Est de l'Ontario et l'Ouest du Québec$22K
- Five B Family Foundation$20K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$20K
- The Clematis Foundation$20K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions46
- Total compensation, all staff$4.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marian McMahon (treasury); Michaela Tokarski (chair); Sylvie Manser (secretary); Trevor Whike (vice chair); Timothy Cullen (director); Steve Mennill (director); Erin O'Manique (director); Marilyn Matheson (director); Matthew Blostein (director); Lisa Fabian (director); Kat Hamilton (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Ottawa Food Bank/la Banque d'Alimentation d'Ottawa’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108082363RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.