Partners in Mission Food Bank
STAR RATINGCi's Star Rating is calculated based on the following independent metrics: |
✔+
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.
High
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.
92%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 92 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About Partners in Mission Food Bank:
Partners in Mission Food Bank is a 4-star, financially transparent charity with High demonstrated impact. It has an above average results reporting grade and overhead costs within Ci’s reasonable range. The charity has $4.5m in reserve funds, which can cover 5.7 years of program costs.
Founded in 1984, Partners in Mission Food Bank (PFB) collects, buys, and distributes food across the Kingston area. The charity states that in F2023, 1 in 19 adults accessed a food bank in Kingston & Loyalist Township. Since the beginning of 2022, PFB has seen a 19% increase in demand for its grocery hampers.
Most of PFB’s food distribution is through grocery hampers. Every hamper contains canned soup, dry pasta, pasta sauce, peanut butter, tuna, cereal, crackers, beans, rice, stew, diced tomatoes, fresh milk, eggs, and fruits and vegetables.
In F2023, PFB distributed 18,510 grocery hampers, continuing its upward trend in food distribution. It distributed 13% more hampers than it did in F2022. PFB helped 8,147 total people in F2023, comprising 5,671 adults and 2,476 children. In F2023, 3,984 households accessed its programs.
PFB states that it distributes surplus provisions to hot meal and shelter programs in the Kingston area. Baby supplies and pet food are often available on request.
In F2023, PFB spent $677k on food purchases and distributed $3.4m of donated food.
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Results and Impact
In F2023, the charity distributed hampers to 8,147 people, providing them with fresh and canned food, fresh fruit and vegetables, and milk.
While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of Partners in Mission Food Bank’s results and impact.
Charity Intelligence has given PFB a High impact rating based on its demonstrated impact per dollar spent.
Impact Rating: High
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Finances
Partners in Mission Food Bank is financially transparent. Its audited financial statements are publicly available on its website. PFB received $2.1m in Canadian donations in F2023. It also received $3.4m in donated food. PFB did not report any spending on fundraising in F2023. Administrative costs were 8% of revenue in F2023, up from 5% in F2022. For every dollar donated, 92 cents are available to go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending.
The charity has $4.5m in reserve funds, which can cover five years and eight months of annual program costs.
Charity Intelligence has sent this update to Partners in Mission Food Bank for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated June 20, 2024 by Ben Dobozy
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending December
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2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 8.5% | 5.1% | 4.1% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 0.0% | 2.5% | 1.8% |
| Total overhead spending | 8.5% | 7.5% | 5.8% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 569.1% | 435.2% | 458.6% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 2,051 | 1,628 | 1,720 |
| Goods in kind | 3,392 | 2,813 | 2,815 |
| Government funding | 5 | 77 | 8 |
| Investment income | 173 | 48 | 13 |
| Total revenues | 5,621 | 4,566 | 4,556 |
| Program costs | 789 | 822 | 639 |
| Donated goods exp | 3,392 | 2,813 | 2,815 |
| Administrative costs | 462 | 229 | 184 |
| Fundraising costs | 0 | 40 | 30 |
| Other costs | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Total spending | 4,644 | 3,904 | 3,669 |
| Cash flow from operations | 977 | 662 | 888 |
| Capital spending | 12 | 122 | 18 |
| Funding reserves | 4,490 | 3,576 | 2,932 |
Note: Ci gathered administrative and fundraising costs from the charity’s T3010 filings with the CRA. Ci removed amortization on a pro-rata basis from program, administrative, and fundraising costs. Ci adjusted for deferred donations, affecting revenues by ($0) in F2023, ($60k) in F2022, and ($50k) in F2021. Ci adjusted for amortization of deferred capital contributions, affecting revenue by ($21k) in F2023, ($15k) in F2022, and ($7k) in F2021.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
0 |
$120k - $160k |
0 |
$80k - $120k |
1 |
$40k - $80k |
5 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2023
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Comments & Contact
Comments added by the Charity:
Partners in Mission Food Bank has been Kingston and Loyalist Township’s food bank for 40 years. We have set records for food hamper distribution, and individuals helped in 2021, 2022 and 2023. In 2023, 1 in 19 people in the Kingston and Loyalist communities received a food hamper from us. We strive to provide 7 days of food, and in October of 2023 we surveyed our clients, where 92.5% told us that their food hampers last 7 or more days.
With this level of demand, we have outgrown our home of 20+ years, and will be working to renovate our future home at 4 Harvey Street, just 400 metres West, for 2024.
A huge thank you to our small staff, dedicated 120+ volunteers and generous community.
To learn more, donate or volunteer: www.kingstonfoodbank.ca
Charity Contact
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