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The NYH, like all charities, are essential to the community. The feeling of giving back presents the community with vitality and passion. It also helps citizens in need to be stronger, and happier. Every single person who volunteers makes the community a better place.

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The food bank actually has more money going out than coming in. Like mentioned above, their total revenue for 2018 was $1,946,805, while their expenses amounted to $2,168,353. This money was mostly spent on charitable programs (73.97%), and fundraising (18.32%). The rest of the 7.71% was spent on management and administration.

Based on these numbers, the North York Harvest Food Bank is extremely efficient when it comes to spending money. All of their money was spent to run the food bank and help as many citizens as they possibly could.

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Based on 53 ratings on Google, the North York Harvest Food Bank achieved 4 out of the possible 5 stars. The reviews are generally positive. Most of the evaluators say that the food bank is an amazing place with kind volunteers. A reviewer by the name of Ransom William Doyle said, "Wonderful people doing wonderful things."

A few critiques that were received is that the bank is hard to access without a car, and a few customer service issues. Jason Anderson had to say this about the food quality, "Some items are expired or frost bitten at times. Varies when you go I would guess. Be your own judge."

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The NYH gets their money almost entirely through donations. 38.37% of income is through receipted donations, and non-receipted donations make up 7.30%. They also receive gifts from other registered charities which makes up 27.80% of their income. Other sources of revenue are from government funding (14.61%). The rest of the 11.92% is other revenue. This adds up to a total of $1,946,805 in revenue for 2018.

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https://www.charityintelligence.ca/charity-details/838-north-york-harvest-food-bank
https://northyorkharvest.com
https://northyorkharvest.com/eight-great-reasons-to-volunteer/
https://apps.cra-arc.gc.ca/ebci/hacc/srch/pub/dsplyRprtngPrd?q.srchNm=north+york+harvest&q.stts=0007&selectedCharityBn=119062495RR0001&dsrdPg=1
https://northyorkharvest.com/corporate-partnership/

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Even though they technically aren't receiving anything in return, donors and partners do benefit from the North York Harvest Food Bank.

If you are a donor at the bank, you actually get tax benefits! Corporate partners also benefit from the charity too. On the NYH website, they say that companies can work with them in a partnership where both companies help each other whether it be with money, volunteers, gifts, or more.

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The entire purpose of the North York Harvest Food Bank is to help citizens in need of food. The food bank, on average, serves around 16,000 people every month.

As well as receiving food to eat, citizens also learn new skills, such as money management, cooking, and more.

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Not only do the citizens benefit from this organization, but the employees do as well, such as learning new skills. At the food banks, volunteers lead activities to help citizens cook, to build a budget, to handle food safer, and more. To teach these topics, you must first learn them, therefore educating the staff as well.

Another benefit volunteers receive is an improvement on their resumé. In an increasingly competitive society, jobs are getting harder and harder to find. If companies see that you have done volunteer work in the past at a food bank, you already have a better chance of getting hired.

A few other benefits include making new friends, staying physically fit, minimizing stress, and last but not least, making a difference. This can fill anybody with a sense of pride and accomplishment, knowing that you helped people in need.

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Much like any other charity, everyone involved in the North York Harvest Food Bank benefits.

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- 38 food banks
- 21 meal programs
- 11 early parenting programs
- 45 community kitchens
- 25 skills training programs
- 100 food education classes

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The North York Harvest Food Bank runs many programs and services to supply food to those in need. They partner with many different companies to create accessible, kind, and friendly food spaces for their clients. In these food spaces, not only do they provide food, but volunteers and staff also create a lively environment for clients to interact with, and partake in "food skill-building activities" with each other.

The food bank has given out a whopping 2.3 million pounds of food to people in need.

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Their mission is to engage the community in meeting the food needs of North York. They do this by providing food assistance, education about food safety and budgeting, focused advocacy, and long-term food solutions.

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In 1986, the North York Harvest Food Bank was founded in North York, Ontario. They started off small, as an ordinary food bank, but has grown into so much more. They are now one of Toronto's largest charities, helping over 16,000 every month! They now direct programs such as early parenting help, after school care, and food education classes to name a few.