Scott Mission
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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.
Average
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.
80%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 80 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About Scott Mission:
Scott Mission is a 5-star charity with Average demonstrated impact. It has above average disclosure with an A grade for results reporting. Its overhead spending and funding reserves are within Ci’s reasonable range.
A Charity Intelligence 2025 Top 100 Rated Charity.
Founded in 1941, Scott Mission helps people in poverty across Toronto. It gives food, shelter, health care and counselling to homeless adults, seniors, and families. According to the charity, there were 15,420 people experiencing homelessness in Toronto in 2024, a 111% increase from 2021. More than 1 in 10 Torontonians rely on a food bank, up from 1 in 20 in 2022.
Scott Mission runs three programs: Ministry to Homeless and Elderly, Ministry to Families, and Ministry to Children and Youth. In F2025, it spent $40.6m on its programs.
Ministry to families accounted for $18.7m or 46% of program spending. Scott Mission gives food and clothing to families in need across Toronto. In F2025, 17,739 unique individuals visited its food bank and received 49,116 bags of groceries. Its clothing bank received 40,620 visits from 14,063 unique individuals.
Ministry to Homeless and Elderly accounted for $17.9m or 44% of program spending. Scott Mission runs shelters for men, a health clinic and counselling for homeless men and seniors in Toronto. It also serves hot meals seven days a week. In F2025, it provided 47,120 nights of safe shelter to 295 unique individuals and served 420,000 meals. Its counselling program served 165 unique clients across 1,500 sessions.
Ministry to Children and Youth made up $4.1m or 10%, of program spending. Scott Mission runs a daycare, a summer camp and after-school programs for children and youth. In F2025, 696 youths attended Scott Mission Camp. A further 123 youths took part in after-school and leadership programs.
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Results and Impact
Shelter clients stayed an average of 160 nights in F2025. Of the 295 shelter clients served, 24 secured stable housing. In the counselling program, 37 clients achieved their therapeutic goals.
Food bank clients received an average of three grocery bags each. Scott Mission does not report what a grocery bag contains.
While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of Scott Mission’s results and impact.
Ci has given Scott Mission an Average impact rating based on demonstrated impact per dollar spent.
Impact Rating: Average
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Finances
In F2025, Scott Mission had $54.6m in total revenues. Donations were $22.4m or 41% of revenues. Donations in kind accounted for $18.6m or 34% of revenues. These were mainly food and clothing. Government funding accounted for $9.9m or 18% of revenues. In F2025, program costs were $40.6m or 74% of revenues.
In F2025, administrative costs were $2.3m or 4% of revenues (less investment income). Fundraising costs were $3.5m or 16% of donations. For every dollar donated to the charity, 80 cents are available to go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range.
As of F2025, the charity has $28.8m in cash and investments. Its reserves can cover just under 9 months of its annual program costs. This is within Ci’s reasonable range.
Profile updated on July 2, 2026 by Raihan Firosh. Comments and corrections may be forthcoming.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending September
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2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 4.5% | 4.6% | 5.2% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 15.7% | 13.7% | 16.8% |
| Total overhead spending | 20.2% | 18.4% | 22.0% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 70.8% | 54.4% | 49.5% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 22,368 | 20,195 | 19,063 |
| Goods in kind | 18,602 | 21,729 | 16,348 |
| Government funding | 9,910 | 8,636 | 5,345 |
| Fees for service | 264 | 467 | 665 |
| Investment income | 3,129 | 3,183 | 1,368 |
| Other income | 357 | 418 | 187 |
| Total revenues | 54,630 | 54,628 | 42,976 |
| Program costs | 40,634 | 41,465 | 34,682 |
| Administrative costs | 2,297 | 2,389 | 2,164 |
| Fundraising costs | 3,515 | 2,774 | 3,205 |
| Total spending | 46,446 | 46,627 | 40,051 |
| Cash flow from operations | 8,184 | 8,000 | 2,925 |
| Capital spending | 1,893 | 1,645 | 8,647 |
| Funding reserves | 28,785 | 22,556 | 17,177 |
Note: 1.DEFERRED REVENUES: Ci included deferred contributions in other revenue as the audited financial statements do not separate government deferred revenue from non-government deferred revenue. This affected total revenues by $141k in F2025, $176k in F2024, and $18k in F2023. 2.AMORTIZATION: To report on a cash basis, Ci backed out amortization pro-rata from program, administrative, and fundraising costs. 3.GOVERNMENT FUNDING: Ci reported government funding from the charity’s T3010 filing with the CRA and backed the amount out of donations.
Salary Information
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Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2025
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Comments & Contact
Comments added by the Charity:
Since 1941, Scott Mission has been a compassionate neighbour to families, seniors, and other vulnerable neighbours who face hunger and homelessness across the GTA. We do this by offering practical, emotional, and spiritual support that truly changes lives— all made possible through the loving and generous support of many caring friends and donors.
We continue to expand our efforts to bridge the hunger gap for families and individuals, and to nurture hope through food banks, a health clinic, a counselling and recovery program, support groups, ministry outreach, life skills workshops, and more! Together with caring and compassionate Canadians, we are delivering life-transforming services – coupled with God’s love, to support our neighbours who need a helping hand.
Help us do more by visiting www.scottmission.com or calling our donation line at 416-923-2400. You can also follow us on Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, and X to see how the Mission is making a difference across the GTA.
Charity Contact
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