Mission Old Brewery is a four-star financially transparent charity. It has an A- results reporting grade, which is above average. For every dollar donated to the charity, 86 cents are available to go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range.

Founded in 1980, Mission Old Brewery (MOB) runs three emergency shelters in the city of Montreal. MOB also helps people transition to independent living through its community housing programs. The charity’s outreach team also finds and refers those in need to its services. According to the charity, there has been a 33% increase in Montreal’s homeless population since 2018, and many of MOB’s clients suffer from addictions and mental health problems. MOB runs three programs: Prevention, Emergency, and Rehousing. The charity spent $16.4m on its programs and grants in the fiscal year ending in March 2024 (F2024). MOB did not provide a program spending breakdown.

Prevention is a new program established in F2023 and operated by the charity’s Homeless Prevention Department. This department partners with other charities and prevents high-risk people such as asylum seekers, parolees, and people suffering from addictions from becoming homeless. It does this by referring these high-risk people to its shelters. In F2023, MOB processed 90 housing referrals with its ten community partners and moved 17 people into housing.

Emergency refers to the charity’s three short-term emergency shelters: the Webster Pavilion (WP) men’s shelter, Patricia Mackenzie Pavilion (PMP) women’s shelter, and the Hôtel-Dieu shelter. In F2023, MOB reported 843, 701, and 597 (2,141 total) respective visits at its WP, Hôtel-Dieu, and PMP shelters. The charity also reported 90% and 99% occupancy rates at its WP and PMP shelters, respectively.

Rehousing is the charity’s long-term housing program. MOB runs an affordable housing community consisting of mixed density housing. It also helps people transition to living independently in private housing. In F2023, the charity reported 113 people living in its housing community. MOB also reported supporting 234 people with this program in F2023.

Mission Old Brewery receives grants from the Mission Old Brewery Foundation, a separately registered charity established in 2005. The foundation actively fundraises for MOB. Ci consolidated MOB’s and the foundation’s audited financial statements for the following analysis.

In F2024, Mission Old Brewery received $13.9m in donations which is 44% of revenues (total revenues less investment income) and a 79% increase from $7.8m donations in F2023. The charity also received $12.6m in government funding which is 40% of revenues. Administrative costs are 1% of revenues and fundraising costs are 13% of donations. This results in 14% total overhead spending, meaning that for every dollar donated, 86 cents are available to go to the cause.

In F2024, MOB spent $16.4m on its programs which is a 21% increase from $13.6m spent in F2023. The charity also had a $10.6m operating surplus and had $10.2m worth of capital expenditures in F2024.

At the end of F2024, MOB had $19.2m net reserve funds (cash and investments) which covers 117% or around 14 months of its annual program spending. Ci backed out $4.5m worth of interest-bearing debts from its gross reserve funds.

Profile updated by Julian Dranitsaris on August 7, 2024. Comments and corrections may be forthcoming.