Agincourt Community Services Association is a 4-star charity that is partially financially transparent. Its results reporting score is B+, which is above average. Its overhead spending is within Ci’s reasonable range. Its reserve funds can cover six months of annual program costs. 

Founded in 1970, Agincourt Community Services Association (ACSA) is a Scarborough-based charity that serves those facing systemic poverty, hunger, homelessness, unemployment, and social isolation. ACSA reports that the need for its programs is acute in Scarborough, where 55% of the population are immigrants. The median after-tax income in 2020 was $31,600, compared to the national median of $73,700. 

ACSA runs four main programs: Homelessness and Housing Services; Child, Youth, and Family Supports; Emergency Food Access; and the Newcomers Centre. It does not provide a program spending breakdown.

Homelessness and Housing Services provides housing support and case management services. It also operates drop-in locations which provide meals, on-site medical services, and harm reduction services to people who use drugs. In F2023, ACSA provided 70,573 hot meals at its drop-in centres. It received 1,193 calls to its Housing Intake line and 275 applications from the Toronto Rent Bank program from those needing support with arrears funds and rental deposits. 

Child, Youth, and Family Supports provides after-school and summer programs and workshops for elementary and middle school-aged children. These address social development, provide mental health services, and offer counseling. The program also provides workshops to parents and caregivers. In F2023, 474 parents or guardians attended various workshops and 9,881 children visited early development programs. 

Emergency Food Access runs a food bank and various food security workshops. In F2023, ACSA served 6,298 meals and ran 36 workshops. These served 234,476 individuals across 74,666 households.

The Newcomers Centre provides employment support, language classes, and citizenship aid to recent immigrants. ACSA reports serving 5,028 total newcomers in F2023. Of these, 2,988 were new arrivals, 1152 were refugees, and 1,046 were immigrants fleeing the war in Ukraine.

In F2023, Agincourt Community Services Association received $3.3m in donations and special events revenue. The bulk of its revenue (60%) comes from government funding, which was $6.9m in F2023. 

Administrative costs were 3% of revenues, less investment income. Fundraising costs were 3% of donations. Total overhead spending was 6%. For every dollar donated, 94 cents are available to go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending. However, at the time of this report, the charity’s T3010 filing with the CRA for F2023 was not available. This may affect the administrative cost ratios for the most recent fiscal year.

In F2023, ACSA had $4.5m in funding reserves. These can cover six months of annual program costs. ACSA has only made its most recent audited financial statements publicly available. Accordingly, Charity Intelligence has scored it as partially financially transparent.

This charity report is an update that has been sent to Agincourt Community Services Association for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.  

Updated on July 23, 2024 by Stellar Zhang.