Moisson Mauricie is a 4-star rated charity that is not financially transparent and has above average accountability to donors as seen in the A results reporting grade and High demonstrated impact. For every dollar donated to this charity, 98 cents go to the cause. This is outside Ci's reasonable range for overhead spending, although not unusual for food banks.

Founded in 1987, Moisson Mauricie (MME) is the only food bank serving the Mauricie and Centre-du-Quebec area. MME collects, recovers, and distributes food to partner organizations that assist the economically and socially disadvantaged people in the area. MME reports that the number of people accessing food banks is increasing every year in Quebec.

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In F2022, MME received 3.5 million kg (a 2% decrease from F2021) of food worth close to $29.3m from 77 suppliers. Within its food collection, MME recovers food that would be wasted and repurposes it to feed the hungry. 61% of food received was from national suppliers such as Food Banks Canada and other federal programs. 39% of food received was from regional suppliers such as grocery stores and farms. Out of all food collected by the charity, 38% was nonperishable products, 11% was dairy products, 20% was fruits and vegetables, 11% was grains, and 20% was meat and meat alternatives. In total, MME distributed 3.1 million kg of food to 71 organizations that offer 99 food bank services.

Through its food distribution, MME helps 26,500 people every month, of which 7,815 are children. MME also runs a program that allows community members to gain work experience by preparing food hampers. This program saw 424 participants and served 6,123 lunches. The program also distributed 971 emergency food hampers and 375 Christmas hampers.

Moisson Mauricie received monetary donations totalling $3.4m and donated food worth $28.2m in F2021. Administrative costs are 0.4% of revenues (excluding investment income) and fundraising costs are 2% of donations. For every dollar donated to this charity, 98 cents go to its programs. This is outside Ci’s reasonable range for overhead expenditures, but is not uncommon for food banks with significant food donations.

MME has net funding reserves of $1.1m that can cover program costs at the F2021 level for 6 months.

This report is an update that has been sent to Moisson Mauricie for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.

Updated August 30, 2022 by Angelina Curwin.