Food Banks Mississauga
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FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY
Audited financial statements for current and previous years available on the charity’s website.
A
RESULTS REPORTING
Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.
Good
DEMONSTRATED IMPACT
The demonstrated impact per dollar Ci calculates from available program information.
NEED FOR FUNDING
Charity's cash and investments (funding reserves) relative to how much it spends on programs in most recent year.
69%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 69 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About Food Banks Mississauga:
Food Banks Mississauga is a 5-star charity with Good demonstrated impact. It has above average disclosure with an A grade for results reporting. Its overhead spending is outside Ci’s reasonable range. It has reasonable funding reserves.
A Charity Intelligence 2025 Top 5 Toronto Impact Charity.
Founded in 1986, Food Banks Mississauga (FBM) distributes food to people facing food insecurity in Mississauga through a network of 65 partner food programs. It also runs a free income tax clinic for low-income residents. According to the charity, 1 in 13 Mississauga residents now relies on a food bank, up from 1 in 37 before the pandemic. The average client visited a food bank 10 times in F2025, up from 3 to 5 times in 2019.
FBM runs two program areas: Food Programs and a Free Income Tax Clinic. FBM does not provide a spending breakdown for these programs. In F2025, it spent $6.2m on its programs and distributed $37.4m in donated food.
Food Programs is Food Banks Mississauga's main program area. In F2025, it distributed 9,991,070 lb of food to 48,539 clients across 503,705 visits through its network of 65 partners. Of the food distributed, 17% was protein, 17% grains, 16% fruits and vegetables, 12% cold beverages and 8% soups and stews. Of this, 4,530,339 lb, or 45%, went to 37 food banks outside Mississauga through Feed Ontario. Of the clients served, 28% were children, 46% were between 18 and 44, and 39% were visiting for the first time.
The Free Income Tax Clinic helps low-income residents file their taxes. In F2025, the clinic completed 600 tax returns.
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Results and Impact
In F2025, Food Banks Mississauga distributed 9,991,070 lb of food to 48,539 unique clients across 503,705 visits, meaning each client received an average of 206 lb of food during the year. It also means that each client received around 20 lb of food during each visit in F2025.
Food Banks Mississauga spent $6.2m on food distribution operations. This means it spent an average of $0.62 per lb distributed and $127 per unique client served in F2025.
FBM also reported that it prevented 4,949,495 kg of greenhouse gas emissions from entering the atmosphere. This is from the 3,126,105 lb of food it rescued as part of its ReclaimFRESH program.
The charity's tax clinic completed 600 tax returns and returned $2.7m to clients through refunds, benefits and credits, an average of $4,467 per return filed.
While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of Food Banks Mississauga's results and impact.
Charity Intelligence has given Food Banks Mississauga a Good impact rating based on its demonstrated impact per dollar spent.
Impact Rating: Good
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Finances
Food Banks Mississauga changed its fiscal year end from May 31 to July 31 in F2025. As a result, F2025 covers a 14-month period from June 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025. F2025 figures in this profile reflect this extended period.
In F2025, had $46.5m in total revenues. Donations were $7.4m or 16% of revenues. Donated food was $37.4m or 81% revenues. In F2025, FBM spent $6.2m on its programs. This is 68% of revenues less donated food.
Administrative costs were $1.2m or 3% of revenues. Fundraising costs were $2.1m or 28% of donations. For every dollar donated to the charity, 69 cents are available to go to the cause. This is outside Ci’s reasonable range.
As of 2025, F2025 has $3.4m in cash and investments. Its reserves can cover just under 7 months of its annual program costs. This is within Ci’s reasonable range.
Profile updated by Raihan Firosh on July 29, 2026. Comments and corrections may be forthcoming.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending May
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2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 2.7% | 2.9% | 2.9% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 28.0% | 28.0% | 25.4% |
| Total overhead spending | 30.7% | 30.9% | 28.3% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 54.8% | 77.1% | 83.2% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $s |
2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 7,360 | 6,241 | 5,713 |
| Goods in kind | 37,449 | 28,428 | 18,703 |
| Government funding | 886 | 921 | 977 |
| Other income | 825 | 176 | 457 |
| Total revenues | 46,519 | 35,766 | 25,850 |
| Program costs | 6,150 | 5,378 | 6,097 |
| Donated goods exp | 37,438 | 28,428 | 18,703 |
| Administrative costs | 1,239 | 1,030 | 739 |
| Fundraising costs | 2,061 | 1,748 | 1,453 |
| Other costs | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total spending | 46,888 | 36,585 | 26,995 |
| Cash flow from operations | (369) | (820) | (1,145) |
| Capital spending | 173 | 169 | 584 |
| Funding reserves | 3,372 | 4,149 | 5,072 |
Note: DEFERRED DONATIONS: Since FBM follows deferred accounting, Ci adjusted donations for changes in deferred contributions to show donors financial information consistently. This affected total revenue by ($21k) in F2025, $nil in F2024, and ($27k) in F2023. DEFERRED CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS: Ci adjusted other revenue for changes in deferred revenue restricted for capital asset purchase. This affected total revenue by ($39k) in F2025, ($25k) in F2024, and $304k in F2023. DEFERRED RENT PAYMENTS: Ci also adjusted program costs for changes in its deferred rent payments for its main food distribution facility. This affected total expenses by $nil in F2025, $nil in F2024, and ($50k) in F2023. INTEREST PAYMENTS FOR TRUCK LEASE: Ci also included FBM’s interest payments related to a truck lease in other costs, affecting total expenses by $nil in F2025, $nil in F2024, and $3k in F2023. DEFERRED GOVERNMENT GRANTS: Ci also adjusted government funding for changes in deferred government grants, affecting total revenue by $150k in F2025, $609k in F2024, and ($546k) in F2023. AMORTIZATION: Ci backed out amortization on a pro-rata basis from program, administrative, and fundraising costs.
Salary Information
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$300k - $350k |
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$250k - $300k |
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$200k - $250k |
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$160k - $200k |
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$120k - $160k |
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$80k - $120k |
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$40k - $80k |
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< $40k |
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Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2025
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