Moisson Mauricie is a 4-star charity with High Demonstrated Impact but it is not financially transparent. The charity has an A Results Reporting grade, which is above average. For every dollar donated to the charity, 97 cents are available to go to the cause, which is outside Ci's reasonable range.

Founded in 1987, Moisson Mauricie / Centre-du-Québec (MME) is the only food bank serving the Mauricie and Centre-du-Quebec area. MME collects, recovers, and distributes food to partner organizations that assist economically and socially disadvantaged people in the area. Moisson Mauricie reports that each month 34,928 people accessed food support services in Mauricie/Centre-du-Québec in F2023, a 10% increase compared with F2022. The charity reports in F2023, more people than ever before used Moisson Mauricie’s services, while food donations decreased (although the charity's audited financial statements show that food increased by 9%). Moisson Mauricie also runs a social integration and employment program to help employees develop transferable skills. The charity reports that it helped 34,928 people a month or 419,136 (non-unique) people a year.

The charity is part of Food Banks Canada and Food Banks of Quebec’s networks.

The charity does not provide a total program spending, nor does it disclose how much it spends on each of its programs. From Ci’s calculations, the charity spent $1.8m on its programs and distributed $34.2m of donated food in F2024.  

Moisson Mauricie is a Charity Intelligence 2023 Top 10 Impact Charity.

In F2024, MME collected 3,142,204 kg of food from 76 suppliers and redistributed 3,087,764 kg to 70 member organizations. The charity collected 52% of its food locally from stores, farmers, and other local suppliers. It sourced 48% of its food nationally, from Food Banks Canada, Food Banks of Québec, and other national suppliers. Of the food collected, 38% was non-perishable, 22% was fruits and vegetables, 20% was meat and meat substitutes, 10% was dairy, and 10% was cereal products. In addition, the charity reports that 57,072 meals and 20,251 snacks were prepared with the food it provided. Moisson Mauricie’s urgent help program supported 328 households. The charity provided boxes filled with basic supplies such as hygiene products and food, which helped 713 people.

Moisson Mauricie collects food from supermarkets and redistributes it to its networks. This avoids food waste and increases the variety of food the charity provides. In F2024, the charity saved 1,013,654 kg of food from 48 participating stores. 39% of this food was meat and meat alternatives.

Moisson Mauricie’s social integration and employment program allows community members to gain work experience by assisting the charity with its services. Employees sort and distribute food and prepare orders for charities in Moisson Mauricie’s network. The goal is for employees to develop transferable skills that they can use elsewhere. In F2024, 496 people participated in the program, providing 30,457 hours of work. The charity provided 7,181 meals for these employees. Among the participants, 103 came from employment partners, 44 carried out community work, 15 were secondary school interns, and 11 were from Empoi-Quebec. 

Moisson Mauricie is not financially transparent. Its audited financial statements are not publicly available on its website. The charity does not use activity-based costing and its F2024 T3010 was not available at the time of this review. Ci matched expense line items into cost buckets as it best fit.

Moisson Mauricie received $2.7m in donations and special events revenue in F2024. The charity also received $34.2m in donated food, which is 92% of revenue. MME spent $1.8m on its programs, which is 59% of revenue (excluding donated goods). The charity recorded a surplus of $1.3m, which is 40% of revenue (excluding donated goods).

Administrative costs are less than 1% of revenue (excluding investment income). Fundraising costs are 3% of donations. For every dollar donated to the charity, 97 cents are available to go to the cause, which is outside Ci’s reasonable range. Ci’s reasonable range is between 65 and 95 cents.

Moisson Mauricie has $1.9m in reserve funds (cash and investments). The charity’s reserves can cover 106%, or one year and one month of its annual program costs.

This report is an update that has been sent to Moisson Mauricie for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.

Updated August 1, 2024 by Liam Chapleau.