Cambridge Food Bank
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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.
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 Cambridge Food Bank:
Cambridge Food Bank is a 5-star, high-impact charity with an A results reporting grade, which is above average. Its reserve funds could cover program costs for almost three years and five months, which is outside of Ci’s reasonable range. Its overhead spending is within Ci’s reasonable range.
A Charity Intelligence 2025 Top 100 Rated Charity.
Founded in 1985, Cambridge Food Bank (CFB) provides emergency food assistance, affordable food, and wellness programs to residents of Cambridge and North Dumfries. The charity saw a 19% increase in food bank visits in F2025 compared to F2024, reflecting growing food insecurity in the area.
CFB runs three main programs: Food Distribution, Mobile Food Market, and Wellness Hub. The charity spent $1.6m in cash on its programs and distributed $4.3m worth of food in the fiscal year ending March 2025 (F2025). CFB did not provide any further breakdown of its program spending at the time of this profile update.
Food Distribution: In F2025, CFB distributed 1.2m lb of food, including food given out through its community pantry and to 14 community partners through the Cambridge Food Bank network. Through its community pantry, CFB gives out emergency food hampers containing 2–3 days' worth of canned, boxed, fresh, and frozen food to residents of Cambridge and North Dumfries in need. Recipients can get up to one hamper per month. In F2025, 10,653 people received emergency food hampers.
Mobile Food Market: CFB's weekly mobile produce market sells discounted bundles of produce across more than 15 neighbourhoods in Cambridge and North Dumfries. In F2025, it sold 18,362 baskets of food.
Wellness Hub: Offers a variety of free programs for youth and adults focused on health and wellbeing. In these programs, participants learn how to cook nutritious meals, manage stress, and practice mindfulness. In F2025, 735 youths and 502 adults participated monthly.
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Results and Impact
In F2025, Cambridge Food Bank distributed 1,196,008 lb of food to 14 partner agencies and 10,653 food bank clients.
Through its food rescue efforts, CFB saved 12,447 kg of greenhouse gases from entering the environment.
Surveys of wellness program participants found that 78% of youths and 73% of adults increased their physical activity, and 81% of youths and adults improved their eating habits.
While Ci highlights these key results, they may not completely represent Cambridge Food Bank’s results and impact.
Ci has given Cambridge Food Bank a High impact rating based on its demonstrated social impact per dollar spent.
Impact Rating: High
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Finances
Cambridge Food Bank’s audited financial statements follow line-item costing, which is not a best practice in financial reporting. Because of this, Ci referred to CFB’s T3010 filings with the CRA to report on program, administrative, and fundraising spending.
In F2025, CFB received $2.8m in cash donations (36% of total revenue) and $4.3m worth of donated food (56% of total revenue). It also received $477k of government funding.
CFB spent $5.9m (77% of total revenue) on its programs and ended F2025 with a surplus of $1.4m.
Administrative costs were $377k, or 5% of revenue less investment income. Fundraising costs were $86k, or 3% of donations. Total overhead spending was 8%, meaning that for every dollar received, 92 cents are available to go to the cause.
At the end of F2025, CFB had $5.5m in reserve funds (cash and investments). This is enough to cover 342%, or almost three years and five months, of its annual program spending. This is above Ci’s reasonable range.
Profile updated by Ava Anderson on June 1, 2026. Comments and corrections may be forthcoming.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending March
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2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 4.9% | 5.0% | 5.0% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 3.1% | 5.0% | 6.7% |
| Total overhead spending | 7.9% | 10.0% | 11.7% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 341.8% | 361.9% | 320.3% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 2,783 | 2,312 | 1,987 |
| Goods in kind | 4,314 | 3,778 | 3,333 |
| Government funding | 477 | 288 | 296 |
| Fees for service | 176 | 140 | 113 |
| Lotteries (net) | (8) | (13) | 2 |
| Total revenues | 7,742 | 6,506 | 5,730 |
| Program costs | 1,614 | 1,269 | 1,135 |
| Donated goods exp | 4,314 | 3,778 | 3,333 |
| Administrative costs | 377 | 327 | 288 |
| Fundraising costs | 86 | 115 | 132 |
| Total spending | 6,390 | 5,489 | 4,888 |
| Cash flow from operations | 1,352 | 1,017 | 842 |
| Capital spending | 319 | 61 | 66 |
| Funding reserves | 5,516 | 4,592 | 3,635 |
Note: 1. LINE-ITEM COSTING: Since CFB follows line-item costing, Ci referred to its T3010 filings with the CRA to report program, administrative, and fundraising costs. 2. GOODS IN KIND: Ci included the value of in-kind goods (food) received and used in its programs in both total revenue and expenses. This affected both by $4.3m in F2025, $3.8m in F2024, and $3.3m in F2023. 3. LOTTERY EXPENSES: Ci backed out the costs of running its lottery fundraising events from both total revenue and expenses, affecting both by ($47k) in F2025, ($45k) in F2024, and ($26k) in F2023. 4. DEFERRED DONATIONS: Since CFB follows deferred accounting, Ci adjusted donations for changes in deferred contributions to show donors the year-to-year movement of cash within the charity. This affected total revenue by $241k in F2025, ($60k) in F2024, and $162k in F2023.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
0 |
$120k - $160k |
0 |
$80k - $120k |
2 |
$40k - $80k |
8 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2025
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Comments & Contact
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