Food Banks that Issue Tax Receipts for Donations (Food, toiletries, etc)
Hi all!
I know alot of us donate to food banks regularly. I was hoping to compile a list of food banks that issue tax receipts. Those of us that donate to those food banks can know to keep our receipts so when we donate, we can receive a tax receipt. As far as I know, you won't receive a tax receipt unless you have actual receipts for items you donate. It would be also helpful to know if the food bank issues the receipt for before coupon totals or after coupon totals.
Here is a start:
Ontario
360 Kids - wish list: https://www.360kids.ca/program-wish-lists/
Missassauga Food Bank
Markham Food Bank
Burlington Food Bank
Quebec
Share the Warmth, Montreal - $1000 min
Saskatchewan
Friendship Inn of Saskcatoon
Alberta
Inn From the Cold, Calgary
BC
Richmond Food Pantry
NWT
The Food Bank of Whitehorse (Donor Form on website)
Please feel free to add to the list.
Let's see if we can increase food bank donations and help ourselves too! :)
Here is some more info. on taxes:
How you benefit
The Government of Canada as well as provincial governments offer support to those who have made donations or charitable gifts during the tax year. For example, the federal tax credit is 15% for donations below $200, and 29% for donations above $200. Generally, your tax savings will be equal to the amount of the charitable tax credit calculated.
Further, if you’re a first time donor, you may be eligible to receive an additional federal tax credit of 25%. Yet, despite these sweeteners, Imagine Canada suggests that not very many Canadians take advantage of the tax credit: “in 2010, only 23.4% claimed the charitable tax credit, down significantly from the almost 30% who did so in 1990.”