On July 1, 2015 the Westside Community Food Bank and Kelowna Community Food Bank joined forces to become the Central Okanagan Community Food Bank (COFB). COFB works to create a healthy hunger-free community through food distribution. COFB reports that 2,000 kids struggle with hunger in Central Okanagan. The charity operates in two locations – one in Kelowna and another in West Kelowna. COFB reports that the Kelowna location serves between 2,500 and 3,500 individuals per month and its West location serves 800 individuals per month. 33% of clients are children under the age of 15.

Central Okanagan Food Bank reports that in F2017 it distributed over $3.5m in food and that in the month of March 2019, 1,550 separate households accessed the Central Okanagan Food Bank. In March 2019, the charity also reports it distributed 815 kids snack packs to children aged 1-12, and 2,061 adults were able to access emergency food.

Central Okanagan Food Bank is a medium-sized charity with $1.4m in donations and special events fundraising in F2017 along with donated food worth $3.5m. Administrative costs are 1% of total revenues (excluding investment income) and fundraising costs are 7% of monetary donations. For every dollar donated to the charity, 92 cents go towards its programs, which is within Ci’s reasonable range of overhead spending.

In F2017, COFB had $207k in funding reserves; however, it has interest bearing debts and loans totaling $3.0m, resulting in a negative program cost coverage of (308%).

This charity report is an update that has been sent to Central Okanagan Food Bank for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.

Updated on August 13, 2019 by Parker Thomlinson.