The Stop Community Food Centre
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.
n/r
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.
67%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 67 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About The Stop Community Food Centre:
The Stop Community Food Centre is a 4-star charity. It has an above average results reporting grade and its overhead costs are within Ci's reasonable range for overhead spending. The charity has $3.1m in funding reserves which can cover its annual program costs for slightly over one year.
Founded in 1982, The Stop Community Food Centre (The Stop) increases access to healthy food for those living in poverty in Toronto. The charity values dignity, equality, and a sense of community. The Stop claims that one in four people in Toronto struggle to make ends meet. This is due to high housing prices and cost of living. The charity states that Canadians living in poverty are more likely to have health complications and have shorter life expectancies. The Stop has three programs: Emergency Food Access, Community Building and Urban Agriculture.
Emergency Food Access
In F2022, The Stop Community Food Centre operated a Food Bank twice a week. It provides food hampers to families. The Stop distributed 10,383 hampers and served 23,668 people, 17% more than in F2021. The charity provides a Drop In Meals service. From January to September 2022, it served 58,476 meals. The Good Food Market and Cafe offers food items at affordable prices.
Community Building
The Stop Community Food Centre operates a Community Advocacy Program. In F2022, it ran three advocacy related events. It also trained ten advocates and two mentors in peer support. Its free income tax clinic served 207 members. The Healthy Beginnings program aims to support low-income expecting parents. It distributed 2,604 grocery gift cards to participants in F2022, amounting to $26,040. The charity also served 4,369 meals in its community kitchens.
Urban Agriculture
In F2022, The Stop Community Food Centre partnered with Na Me Res (Native Men’s Residence) to host events in the Mashkikii;aki’ing garden at Hillcrest Park. It also maintained the Earlscourt Gardens, where volunteers have grown 237kg of food as of October 2022. This food goes to The Stop’s kitchens and to volunteers. The charity reports that 44 people registered for its Global Roots program. This program focuses on building intercultural relations amongst its participants. The Stop hosts a weekly Farmers’ Market. About 3,000 customers attend the Market weekly.
The Stop Community Food Centre does not provide a breakdown of its program spending, nor does it disclose its total program spending.
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Results and Impact
The Stop Community Food Centre claims that 87% of its volunteers feel more connected to their community and 99% feel their work has made a difference.
It reports that 80% of participants in the Healthy Beginnings program made friends in the program.
It also states that 86% of participants in the Global Roots program felt more connected to their peers.
While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of The Stop Community Food Centre’s results.
This charity is not yet rated on impact (n/r).
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Finances
The Stop Community Food Centre received $4.2m in donations in F2022. The charity received $708k worth of donated food. It also received $545k in government funding in F2022 (13% of total revenues). Administrative costs are 15% of revenue (excluding investment income), and fundraising costs are 19% of donations and special event fundraising. For every dollar donated, 67 cents go to the charity’s programs, which is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending.
The Stop has $3.1m in funding reserves, which can cover program costs for slightly over one year.
Ci has sent this profile update to The Stop for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated May 18th, 2023 by Victoria Allder.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending August
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2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
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Administrative costs as % of revenues | 14.8% | 10.7% | 7.2% |
Fundraising costs as % of donations | 18.6% | 14.7% | 13.9% |
Total overhead spending | 33.4% | 25.4% | 21.1% |
Program cost coverage (%) | 108.7% | 97.5% | 68.1% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
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Donations | 4,142 | 3,823 | 3,593 |
Goods in kind | 708 | 457 | 450 |
Government funding | 587 | 800 | 1,048 |
Business activities (net) | (21) | (71) | (11) |
Special events | 0 | 0 | 545 |
Other income | 25 | 79 | 8 |
Total revenues | 5,441 | 5,088 | 5,633 |
Program costs | 2,832 | 2,728 | 2,538 |
Donated goods exp | 708 | 457 | 450 |
Administrative costs | 805 | 544 | 407 |
Fundraising costs | 771 | 562 | 575 |
Total spending | 5,116 | 4,291 | 3,970 |
Cash flow from operations | 324 | 797 | 1,664 |
Capital spending | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Funding reserves | 3,077 | 2,661 | 1,728 |
Note: Social enterprise revenues are reported net of expenses in business activities, decreasing total revenues and expenses by $120k in F2022, $116k in F2021, and $153k in F2020. Ci reported food donations in donated goods used in programs and excluded these amounts when calculating program cost coverage. Ci adjusted deferred donations of $271k in F2022, $232k in F2021, and $364k in F2020. Ci adjusted deferred government funding. This affected revenues by $42k in F2022.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
0 |
$120k - $160k |
1 |
$80k - $120k |
4 |
$40k - $80k |
5 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2022
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