The Shepherd's Lunch Room
Charitable organization · New Glasgow, Nova Scotia · BN 889089488RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($18,632) as filed with the CRA.
The Shepherd's Lunch Room is a charitable organization based in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $11K in revenue and $19K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 77% from donations, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,131.
Compared with 2,855 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 69% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $4,000 in 2024, the largest being $4,000 to Trinity United Church. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $23K in 2020 to $11K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Provision of nutricous meals to the needy comfort fund established to purchase personal products for the needy
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11K | $19K | $14K | — | $4,000 | $113K |
| 2023 | $37K | $17K | $17K | — | — | $121K |
| 2022 | $21K | $17K | $11K | — | $6,000 | $101K |
| 2021 | $8,299 | $2,833 | $2,694 | — | — | $97K |
| 2020 | $23K | $3,905 | $3,722 | — | — | $91K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $4,000 to 1 qualified donee:
- Trinity United Church$4,000
Received $1,131 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Philip Spurr (treasurer); Kenneth Macdonald (board member); Thomas Deblois (vice chairperson); Elaine Russell (executive director); Diane Richards (group coordinator); Marilyn Buck (trinity rep); Robert Rogers (president); Madison Henley (secretary); Patricia Dunn (member at large); Alexander Burke (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Shepherd's Lunch Room’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889089488RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.