Donate Funds

Make a financial donation

Financial donations allow us to purchase the type of food we need, when we need it. Every amount big or small makes a difference! Every dollar you donate supports people in your community.

Cheques can also be sent by mail to:

Cambridge Food Bank,
54 Ainslie Street South,
Cambridge, ON Canada N1R 3K3

As a registered Canadian charity, you will receive a receipt for income tax purposes for your donation.

Did you know the Cambridge Food Bank has been named in the Top 10 Impact Charity? We are proud to share that 0.88 cents from every dollar donated goes to the cause. Click here to read more.

Give a Single Gift

With food insecurity on the rise, your donation helps us ensure no one goes hungry.

Give a Monthly Gift

Become a monthly donor, a group of donors who make it possible to continue buying the foods we need.

Estate Planning

A planned gift from you means our food bank can continue our tough challenge of tackling food insecurity.

Gift of Securities

Shares, flow-through shares, mutual funds and stock options are tax-smart ways to invest in.

In Honour or In Memory

Make a gift in honour or in memory of someone special.

Corporate Giving

Employee Matching Programs

Many employers across Ontario match their employee’s fundraising or volunteer efforts. Please enquire with your Human Resources department about giving programs that may be in place.

Click here to learn more about donating publicly listed employee stock option shares.

Receipts

Yearly Tax Receipts

In a continued effort to improve our environmental impact, The Cambridge Food Bank will begin issuing annual receipts for all donors in 2025. This means that you will receive one tax receipt from us for all 2024 contributions in early 2025.

If you have any questions about this change or to request monthly receipts, please contact Reg at 519-622-6550 ext. 104 or executiveassistant@cambridgefoodbank.org.

Become A Monthly Donor

Monthly Gifts

Some donors prefer the option of dividing their yearly donation into monthly gifts. This provides the benefit of keeping the donation manageable each month while providing predictable funding. A stable revenue allows us to allocate funds to the area of greatest need and ensure that we are able to meet the needs of our community.

Pledges can be made by:
Sending in a series of post-dated cheques to our office address below or by credit card (you can authorize a monthly charge to your credit card by clicking here).

54 Ainslie Street South, Cambridge, ON N1R 3K3

Giving Made Easy

Online Giving via Interac e-transfer

Interac e-Transfer is a simple, convenient, and secure way to donate directly from your bank account. All you need is access to online or mobile banking through a participating financial institution, and you can send money to the Cambridge Food Bank without sharing any personal financial information. It’s a great alternative to cheques and cash.

If you wish to donate via Interac e-Transfer, please do the following:

1. Go to you online banking site and click on the link for sending an Interac e-Transfer.

2. Add “Cambridge Food Bank” as a new recipient. Recipient’s email is give@cambridgefoodbank.org.

3. To get a donation receipt, please provide your full name, address, phone number, and email address and indicate this is a donation in the message space.

Tax receipts will be issued for any gifts of $20 or more at the end of the year. Don’t hesitate to contact us at give@cambridgefoodbank.org if you have any questions.

Giving Beyond Your Lifetime

Where there is a Will, there is a way

Remembering the Cambridge Food Bank in your will is an act that is generous and surprisingly simple. You can leave a piece of property, securities, cash, or even a percentage of your estate. Your estate will receive a charitable tax receipt that can lower or even eliminate estate taxes.

A planned gift to the Cambridge Food Bank can offer a special opportunity for you to demonstrate leadership, achieve your philanthropic and financial goals, and lower your personal income and estate taxes. A bequest becomes part of your life story that will impact generations to come and create a legacy of giving.

Be sure to inform us of your bequest and your wishes. This will give us the opportunity to thank you and, more importantly, to discuss how you would like your gift to be used. Every gift in every will makes a difference.

For more information contact Sarah at stooze@cambridgefoodbank.org or 519-622-6550 ext. 101.

Wills/Bequests

We have been named in a number of wills to receive a cash contribution from the settlement of an estate. Each time, we are honoured by the gift, and we deeply appreciate each contribution. We recognize these gifts as a one-time donation that can help us in a number of ways:

During a particularly lean year, these donations
make our core work possible
Sometimes it allows us to make something
special happen – like generously filling the Christmas gift bags for people who come to the St. John’s Kitchen dinner
It can help us to pay down a surprising capital expense that makes the day-to-day work a bit easier to fund
Or, it can help a fledgling new project like Bike Sharing, or the Psychiatric Outreach Project, or a community-based effort like Money Matters which is a Financial Inclusion project.

You can direct your bequest in a particular way, or you can allow us to direct it where it is needed most.
Ideally, you could write us a note about the kinds of projects you appreciate the most, and we can direct the contribution towards the work that you most want to support.

We thank you for your consideration of this donation option.
Please contact Stephanie for to talk about Wills and Bequests, by phone 519 743 1151 x110 or by emailing stephanie@theworkingcentre.org