Surrey 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.
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.
82%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 82 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About Surrey Food Bank:
Surrey Food Bank Society is a 5-star rated charity with Good demonstrated impact. It is financially transparent and has an above-average results reporting grade of B+. For every dollar donated, 82 cents are available to go towards the cause.
Founded in 1981, Surrey Food Bank Society (Surrey Food Bank) provides food to families living in Surrey and North Delta, BC. In fiscal 2024 (year ended September), Surrey Food Bank spent $1.9m on its programs. Its main programs are food distribution and other programs. The charity did not provide a program spending breakdown.
Ci determined that most of the charity’s program spending was on food distribution. In F2024, Surrey Food Bank distributed 1.3m lb of food to 24,320 unique clients. The charity also reports having 200,867 visits and supporting 7,909 households in F2024.
Other program spending was on subprograms including Tiny Bundles, Hamper To Your Home, and Seniors Programs. Tiny Bundles supports pregnant moms and families with a child under one year old. In F2024, Tiny Bundles served 208 families and distributed 8,388 formula cans and 4,265 toddler totes. Hamper To Your Home delivers food to individuals with mobility issues. In F2024, Hamper To Your Home made 2,236 deliveries to 86 clients. In F2024, the charity’s Seniors Programs supported 1,395 seniors.
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Results and Impact
In F2024, Surrey Food Bank Society distributed 1,337,374 pounds of food to 24,420 unique individuals. The charity reports that the average amount of food distributed to each client per visit was 13 lb.
While Ci highlights these key results, it may not be a complete representation of Surrey Food Bank’s results and impact. Ci has given Surrey Food Bank a Good impact rating based on its demonstrated impact per dollar donated.
Impact Rating: Good
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Finances
Surrey Food Bank’s audited financial statements follow line-item costing. This means it does not properly disclose which costs relate to programming, administrative, and fundraising activities. This is not a best practice.
In F2024, Surrey Food Bank Society received $3.2m in donations, up 16% from the $2.8m received in F2023. Administrative costs are 14% of total revenues (less investment income) and fundraising costs are 4% of total donations. For every dollar donated, 82 cents are available to go towards the cause. In F2024, Surrey Food Bank spent $1.9m on its programs which represents 48% of total revenues. In F2024, Surrey Food Bank Society had $4.0m in its reserve funds (cash and investments). This is enough to cover just over one year and 11 months of annual program costs.
Profile updated on August 15, 2025 by Abby Stout.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending September
|
2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 13.7% | 12.5% | 12.4% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 4.1% | 3.0% | 1.9% |
| Total overhead spending | 17.7% | 15.6% | 14.2% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 194.1% | 159.7% | 133.0% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $s |
2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 3,228,438 | 2,791,924 | 2,081,724 |
| Government funding | 159,227 | 61,965 | 79,748 |
| Fees for service | 182,067 | 85,738 | 94,749 |
| Investment income | 279,009 | 210,021 | 59,034 |
| Other income | 57,574 | 3,215 | 6,173 |
| Total revenues | 3,906,315 | 3,152,863 | 2,321,428 |
| Program costs | 1,867,719 | 1,632,655 | 1,215,706 |
| Grants | 184,459 | 159,533 | 190,792 |
| Administrative costs | 495,572 | 369,122 | 280,034 |
| Fundraising costs | 130,755 | 84,320 | 38,793 |
| Other costs | 82,543 | 74,817 | 89,026 |
| Total spending | 2,761,048 | 2,320,447 | 1,814,351 |
| Cash flow from operations | 1,145,267 | 832,416 | 507,077 |
| Capital spending | 145,219 | (83,137) | 266,949 |
| Funding reserves | 3,983,150 | 2,862,598 | 1,871,140 |
Note: DEFERRED DONATIONS: To report on a cash basis, Ci adjusted for deferred donations affecting total revenues by ($117k) in F2024, ($8k) in F2023, and $64k in F2022. AMORTIZATION OF DEFERRED CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS: Ci adjusted for the amortization of deferred capital contributions affecting total revenues by ($35k) in F2024, ($34k) in F2023, and ($46k) in F2022. BENEFITS PAID TO EMPLOYEES: Ci added benefits paid to employees to administrative costs and removed it from program costs. This reduced program costs by ($253k) in F2024, ($171k) in F2023, and ($89k) in F2022.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
1 |
$120k - $160k |
0 |
$80k - $120k |
0 |
$40k - $80k |
9 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2024
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