Harvest Manitoba
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.
B+
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.
91%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 91 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About Harvest Manitoba:
Harvest Manitoba is a 5-star, financially transparent charity with a Good impact rating. The charity has a B+ results reporting grade, which is above average. Its overhead spending is within Ci’s reasonable range, and its reserve funds can cover program costs for just over 11 months.
A Charity Intelligence 2025 Top 100 Rated Charity.
Founded in 1984, Harvest Manitoba collects and distributes food to people facing food insecurity across Manitoba through a network of food banks and partner organizations. In 2024, a quarter of Manitobans experienced food insecurity, and 7% lived in extreme food insecurity.
The charity runs three main programs: Food Distribution, Meals2Go, and First Steps. It spent $9.9m in cash on its programs and distributed $31.8m worth of food during the March 2025 fiscal year (F2025).
Ci has a breakdown of approximately half of Harvest Manitoba's program expenses. Salaries and expenses have not been allocated to individual programs.
Food Distribution accounts for 68% ($2.3m) of Harvest Manitoba’s reported program spending. The charity distributed 13.3m lb of food (8.7m lb donated and 4.6m lb purchased) to over 400 partner organizations during F2025. This food served more than 22,000 households each month. Harvest Manitoba reports serving over 100,000 people each month.
Meals2Go accounts for 19% ($662k) of Harvest Manitoba’s reported program spending. The program delivers food kits to school children every Friday, ensuring kids have food over the weekend when school meals are unavailable. In F2025, the charity served 4,998 students weekly and provided 141k kits across Manitoba.
First Steps represented 13% ($445k) of Harvest Manitoba’s reported program spending. First Steps provides baby formula, diapers, and other essentials to mothers in need. Harvest Manitoba supported about 2,000 babies each month during F2025.
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Results and Impact
Harvest Manitoba shared 13.3 million lb of food through over 400 partner organizations. It also cut 9,465 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions through its food rescue efforts.
While Charity Intelligence highlights these key results, they may not completely represent Harvest Manitoba’s results and impact. Ci has rated this charity as Good impact based on demonstrated social impact per dollar spent.
Impact Rating: Good
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Finances
Harvest Manitoba’s audited financial statements separate program, administrative, and fundraising costs, which is a financial reporting best practice.
In F2025, the charity received $9.4m worth of cash donations and special event fundraising, and $31.8m worth of donated food. Cash donations represent 21% of total revenue and donated food represents 72%. Harvest Manitoba also received $2.8m in government grants in F2025.
The charity spent $41.7m (94% of its revenue) on programs and ended the year with a surplus of roughly $1.3m.
Administrative costs are 1% of total revenue less investment income, and fundraising costs are 8% of donations, giving a total overhead spending of 9%. This means that for every dollar received, 91 cents are available to go to the cause.
Harvest Manitoba has $9.4m in reserve funds, enough to cover program costs for just over 11 months. This is within Ci’s reasonable range.
Profile updated by Ava Anderson on May 28, 2026. Comments and corrections may be forthcoming.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending March
|
2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 7.9% | 9.9% | 6.9% |
| Total overhead spending | 9.0% | 10.9% | 7.9% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 95.2% | 100.8% | 172.8% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 8,000 | 6,639 | 5,840 |
| Goods in kind | 31,756 | 32,995 | 33,078 |
| Government funding | 2,782 | 1,292 | 3,070 |
| Special events | 1,403 | 1,202 | 661 |
| Investment income | 322 | 371 | 186 |
| Other income | (39) | 373 | 0 |
| Total revenues | 44,225 | 42,871 | 42,836 |
| Program costs | 9,923 | 8,157 | 6,001 |
| Grants | 6 | 487 | 0 |
| Donated goods exp | 31,756 | 32,995 | 33,078 |
| Administrative costs | 463 | 429 | 429 |
| Fundraising costs | 745 | 778 | 448 |
| Total spending | 42,893 | 42,846 | 39,956 |
| Cash flow from operations | 1,332 | 25 | 2,880 |
| Capital spending | 457 | 1,126 | 660 |
| Funding reserves | 9,449 | 8,711 | 10,370 |
Note: 1. DONATED FOOD: Ci included the value of donated food reported in the charity's audited financials when calculating both revenue and expenses, affecting both by $31.1m, $32.4m and $32.6m in F2025, F2024, and F2023, respectively. 2. CHANGES IN DEFERRED DONATIONS: Since Harvest Manitoba follows deferred accounting, Ci adjusted its donations for changes in deferred contributions to show donors financial information consistently. This affected revenue by $457k, $376k, and ($490k) in F2025, F2024, and F2023, respectively. 3. CHANGES IN DEFERRED CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION: Ci adjusted donations for changes in deferred capital contributions, affecting revenue by ($232k), ($102k), and ($282k) in F2025, F2024, and F2023, respectively. 4. CHANGES IN DEFERRED LEASE INDUCEMENT: Harvest Manitoba was reimbursed by its landlord for upgrades to its 1085 Winnipeg Ave food distribution facility. It deferred much of this amount to future periods. This was adjusted in other revenue and affected revenue by ($39k) and $373k in F2025 and F2024, respectively. 5. AMORTIZATION: Ci backed out amortization on a pro-rata basis from program, administrative, and fundraising costs.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
1 |
$120k - $160k |
1 |
$80k - $120k |
6 |
$40k - $80k |
2 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2025
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Comments & Contact
Comments added by the Charity:
The following comment was left on August 20, 2024:
Harvest Manitoba (formerly Winnipeg Harvest) has always been about more than hampers – it is about hope. Our generous community gives us the tools and resources to assist our clients with nutritious food, but also to invest in training and education that will support them in their lives and future, and beyond temporary food support.
Harvest Manitoba supports regular food bank activities across 380 members of our community food network in 46 communities and counting. We are Manitoba’s Food Bank – a backbone that serves communities, ensures access to food supports around the province and coordinates activities among our members for the benefit of us all. Serving over 100,000 people a month through a wide range of programs, Harvest Manitoba works to bring the highest standards of health, safety, access, and equity to our work all over Manitoba. Our work means that food banks and other food programs can have regular, reliable access to food for Manitobans who need that help the most.
Charity Contact
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