Wasaga Beach Ministerial Food Bank
Charitable organization · Wasaga Beach, Ontario · BN 856025721RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($407,733) as filed with the CRA.
Wasaga Beach Ministerial Food Bank is a charitable organization based in Wasaga Beach, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $409K in revenue and $408K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from donations, 15% from government, 34% from other charities. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $175K.
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 91% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Distribution of food hygiene and household cleaning supplies to needy families within the Town of Wasaga Beach according to Feed Ontario rules. 100% Volunteer run.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $409K | $408K | $408K | $0 | $0 | $337K |
| 2023 | $361K | $488K | $488K | — | — | $337K |
| 2022 | $279K | $365K | $365K | $0 | $0 | $388K |
| 2021 | $268K | $320K | $320K | $0 | $0 | $380K |
| 2020 | $357K | $222K | $222K | $3,871 | — | $327K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $175K from 16 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$54K
- Canadahelps Canadon$54K
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Canada$30K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$17K
- Faith Evangelical Missionary Church - Wasaga Beach$5,250
- Vancouver Foundation$4,050
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$3,500
- Church of Prince of Peace$2,536
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,910
- Christian Reformed Church of Collingwood$1,186
- Simcoe County Paramedic Association$618
- Clearview Community Church$600
- Woodland Beach Community Church$345
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$307
- Bay Shore Senior Citizens Association$192
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sue Connell (treasurer/administrator); Jim Somerville (co-chair); Nancy Femia (volunteer co-ordinator); Marianne Buzza (communications); Graham Gaessler (signing officer/minister); Christina Nohro (chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Wasaga Beach Ministerial Food Bank’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 856025721RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.