Wheatland County Food Bank Society
Charitable organization · Strathmore, Alberta · BN 894473693RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,391,864) as filed with the CRA.
Wheatland County Food Bank Society is a charitable organization based in Strathmore, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from donations. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $228K.
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 70% of peers. 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 $519K in 2020 to $1.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Providing assistance to the under-privileged by purchasing and distributing food necessities. The items are distributed through individual hampers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1.1M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $1M | $883K | $826K | — | — | $1M |
| 2021 | $590K | $487K | $428K | — | — | $879K |
| 2020 | $519K | $387K | $334K | — | — | $776K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $228K from 12 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$56K
- Canadahelps Canadon$56K
- David and Penny Wilson Family Foundation$50K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$41K
- Strathmore Alliance Church$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,916
- ATCO Electric Epic$3,120
- Nazareth Lutheran Church$1,706
- Lord of All Lutheran Church$800
- Christian City Church North Calgary$650
- Strathmore Full Gospel Church$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$159
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$86K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dixie Hartell (president); Julle Loiselle (director at large); Crystal Gaudet (secretary); Lorraine Stangness (treasurer); Valerie Schaning (operations director); Rina Sweere (casino director); Harry Fehr (director at large); Wendy Weber (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Wheatland County Food Bank Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894473693RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.