Partners in Mission 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.
98%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 98 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About Partners in Mission Food Bank:
Partners in Mission Food Bank is a 4-star charity with an above-average results reporting grade of A. For every dollar donated, 98 cents are available to go towards the cause and the charity reports no fundraising costs. Its reserve funds can cover just over one year and seven months of annual program costs.
Founded in 1984, Partners in Mission Food Bank (PFB) collects, buys, and distributes food across the Kingston area. PFB distributes food through grocery hampers. Every hamper contains canned soup, dry pasta, pasta sauce, peanut butter, tuna, cereal, crackers, beans, rice, stew, diced tomatoes, fresh milk, eggs, and fruits and vegetables. In 2024, Partners in Mission Food Bank spent $1.3m on its programs and distributed $3.9m worth of donated food.
In 2024, Partners in Mission Food Bank distributed 1,306,598 lb of food, nearly 160,000 lb more than in 2023. In 2024, PFB distributed 20,399 food hampers, a 10% increase from the number of hampers distributed in 2023. In 2024, the hampers helped 2,387 children and 6,294 adults. In 2024, Partners in Mission Food Bank supported a total of 4,217 households.
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Results and Impact
In 2024, PFB distributed 1,306,698 lbs of food to 9,131 people. This calculates to 143 pounds of food per person. While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of PFB’s results and impact.
Ci has given Partners in Mission Food Bank a High impact rating based on its demonstrated impact per dollar.
Impact Rating: High
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Finances
Partners in Mission Food Bank’s financial statements follow line-item costing, meaning it does not properly disclose which expenses relate to programming, administrative, and fundraising costs. This is not a best practice.
In 2024, PFB received $2.8m in donations, up 36% from the $2.1m received in 2023. In 2024, the charity also received $3.9m worth of donated food, which represents 57% of total revenues. Administrative costs are 2% of total revenues (less investment income). Ci uses the charity’s T3010 with the CRA to reconcile administrative expenses. At the time of this update, the charity’s 2024 filing was not yet available so the administrative expenses are likely understated and the charity reports no fundraising costs. Changes may be forthcoming once the 2024 filing is available. Based on the current administrative costs, for every dollar donated, 98 cents are available to go towards the cause. In 2024, Partners in Mission Food Bank spent $1.3m on its programs and distributed $3,9m worth of donated food. This represents 75% of total revenues.
In 2024, Partners in Mission Food Bank had $2.0m in its reserve funds. These reserve funds can cover just over one year and seven months of annual program costs.
Profile updated on July 18, 2025 by Abby Stout.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending December
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2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 1.9% | 8.5% | 5.0% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.3% |
| Total overhead spending | 1.9% | 8.5% | 7.3% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 158.9% | 569.1% | 435.2% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 2,796 | 2,051 | 1,716 |
| Goods in kind | 3,940 | 3,392 | 2,813 |
| Government funding | 0 | 5 | 77 |
| Investment income | 170 | 173 | 48 |
| Total revenues | 6,906 | 5,621 | 4,654 |
| Program costs | 1,270 | 789 | 822 |
| Donated goods exp | 3,940 | 3,392 | 2,813 |
| Administrative costs | 128 | 462 | 229 |
| Fundraising costs | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Other costs | 102 | 1 | 1 |
| Total spending | 5,440 | 4,644 | 3,904 |
| Cash flow from operations | 1,466 | 977 | 751 |
| Capital spending | 3,936 | 12 | 122 |
| Funding reserves | 2,018 | 4,490 | 3,576 |
Note: DEFERRED DONATIONS: To report on a cash basis, Ci adjusted for deferred donations. This affected revenues by $nil in 2024 and 2023, and ($60k) in 2022. DEFERRED CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS: Ci adjusted for deferred capital contributions which affected total revenues by $408k in 2024, ($21k) in 2023, $73k in 2022. AMORTIZATION: Ci adjusted for amortization on a pro-rata basis from programming, administrative, and fundraising costs. LINE-ITEM COSTING: Ci gathered administrative and fundraising costs from the charity’s T3010 filings with the CRA. At the time of this profile, the 2024 filing was not yet available.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
0 |
$120k - $160k |
0 |
$80k - $120k |
1 |
$40k - $80k |
5 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2023
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Comments & Contact
Comments added by the Charity:
Comment added to 2023 profile:
Partners in Mission Food Bank has been Kingston and Loyalist Township’s food bank for 40 years. We have set records for food hamper distribution, and individuals helped in 2021, 2022 and 2023. In 2023, 1 in 19 people in the Kingston and Loyalist communities received a food hamper from us. We strive to provide 7 days of food, and in October of 2023 we surveyed our clients, where 92.5% told us that their food hampers last 7 or more days.
With this level of demand, we have outgrown our home of 20+ years, and will be working to renovate our future home at 4 Harvey Street, just 400 metres West, for 2024.
A huge thank you to our small staff, dedicated 120+ volunteers and generous community.
To learn more, donate or volunteer: www.kingstonfoodbank.ca
Charity Contact
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