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Give food,time or money.

A small gift each month lets us buy fresh food in bulk and plan ahead. Cancel or change it at any time.

Give now About tax receipts
A neat wooden shelf of baby food jars, tins, clear bags of lentils and chickpeas, and bottles of cooking oil.
Halal, vegetarian and baby food shelves
  • Official tax receipts
  • Cancel or change at any time
  • From $10 a month

Give

Choose what to give.

Money, food and time all keep the pantry open. Pick one, or all three.

Maplecourt Community Pantry is a registered charity. Our registration number is 87201 3455 RR0001. You can check it on the CRA List of Charities.

What would you like to give?

The shelves we fill fastest

  • Canned fish
  • Peanut butter
  • Cooking oil
  • Rice
  • Baby formula

Drop food off on Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday during pantry hours. We cannot accept home-cooked food or anything past its best-before date.

Food drop-offs do not get a tax receipt. We issue official tax receipts for gifts of money.

See drop-off hours

Two or three hours, once a week or once a month

Sort donations, stock the shop floor, cook on Wednesdays or drive deliveries. Most roles need no experience. Our volunteer coordinator calls you within a few days.

Volunteer time does not get a tax receipt. The Canada Revenue Agency does not allow a charity to issue a receipt for services.

See the shift board
How often
Amount

$20 a month buys a week of fresh produce for a family of four.

Card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Every online gift gets an official tax receipt by email. Monthly donors get one receipt each February for the year.

Maplecourt Community Pantry is a registered charity. Registration number 87201 3455 RR0001.

How it works

A steady gift keeps the shelves steady.

A steady monthly amount lets us buy milk, eggs and produce in bulk at wholesale prices. It also keeps the shelves stocked in summer, when food donations slow down. You get one official tax receipt by email each February for the year, and you can change or cancel your gift online at any time.

  1. 1$20 a month buys a week of fresh produce for a family of four
  2. 2Card, Apple Pay or Google Pay
  3. 3One official tax receipt each February
  4. 4Change or cancel online at any time
  5. 5A short email update on what your gift paid for

Open books

Where your donation goes.

We buy most of our fresh food at wholesale prices and get the rest from local grocers and farms. Volunteers do almost all of the work, so most of every dollar goes straight to food. Our annual report lists every cost.

Read the annual report
  • About 400 households shop with us each month
  • 120 volunteers and 2 part-time staff
  • Annual report and financial statements online
  • Official tax receipts for every online gift

Tax receipts

What your tax receipt shows, and when it arrives.

One-time gifts get a receipt by email within a day. Monthly donors get one receipt each February for the whole year. A gift to a registered charity earns a federal and provincial tax credit.

  1. A statement that it is an official receipt for income tax purposes
  2. Our name and address as on file with the CRA
  3. Our registration number
  4. A serial number
  5. Where the receipt was issued
  6. The date we received your gift, or the year for monthly gifts
  7. The date the receipt was issued
  8. Your full name and address
  9. The amount of your gift
  10. The value of any advantage, which is zero for a plain gift
  11. The eligible amount of your gift
  12. The signature of a person we authorize to sign receipts
  13. The name and website of the Canada Revenue Agency

Sample

Official receipt for income tax purposes

Charity
Maplecourt Community Pantry
Montreal Road, Vanier, Ottawa ON
Registration number
87201 3455 RR0001
Receipt number
MC‑2026‑A0418
Issued at
Ottawa, Ontario
Date issued
February 12, 2027
Gifts received
January to December 2026
Donor
Your full name and address
Total of gifts
$240.00
Advantage
$0.00
Eligible amount
$240.00
Signed by the treasurer, for Maplecourt Community Pantry

Canada Revenue Agency canada.ca/charities-giving

A sample of a year-end receipt for a $20 monthly gift. The fields follow the CRA checklist for complete receipts. We email it as a PDF that cannot be edited.

Questions

Good to know.

Anything else? Call (613) 555-0151 or send us a message.

Do food drop-offs get a tax receipt?

No. We issue official tax receipts for gifts of money only. Food drop-offs are very welcome during pantry hours.

What does my tax receipt do?

A gift to a registered charity earns a federal and provincial tax credit, which lowers the tax you owe. Your receipt shows the eligible amount to claim.

Can I give by cheque?

Yes. Make it out to Maplecourt Community Pantry and drop it off during pantry hours. We mail a tax receipt to the address on the cheque.

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