Strategic Plan

Guiding our work to provide food to our neighbours today while we advocate for policy change to address the root causes of food insecurity for tomorrow.

Food banks were meant to be a temporary emergency support, not a replacement for government social assistance programs. But almost 40 years after Food Banks Mississauga was founded, the City of Mississauga has declared food insecurity an emergency. We marked over half a million visits last year - the highest ever in our history. Our 2024-2029 strategic plan guides our work as we meet this tidal wave of need. - Meghan Nicholls, CEO
2024 - 2029

Strategic Plan

We are renewing our commitment to grow sustainably to ensure we are building both short and long-term solutions, optimizing how we provide food through our network of 60+ food programs, and investing in our people and infrastructure. With this strategic plan, we continue our work as the largest poverty relief organization focused on food security in Mississauga. Our strategic plan is comprised of four pillars:

Grow Sustainable Funding

  • Expand fundraising through community and corporate partnerships
  • Grow individual and major gift revenue
  • Foster a philanthropic culture
  • Enhance donor stewardship

Optimize Programs & Agency Network

  • Build clarity and trust with the agency member network by strengthening member collaboration and developing a Food Distribution Model
  • Increase agency network capacity
  • Advocate on behalf of the needs of clients and the agency member network
  • Explore regional expansion/collaboration models
  • Focus on direct client programming that effectively meets agency network needs

Invest in Staff & Volunteers

  • Recruit, retain, and engage a high-performance team and invest in our culture
  • Integrate JEDI commitments into the organizational fabric
  • Create a new framework for volunteer management

Operational Excellence

  • Maximize logistics and operations systems and assets to maximize impact
  • Refresh policies and procedures to reflect current and future state
  • Revitalize board engagement
  • Support organizational effectiveness through efficient business services
  • Source sufficient food to meet network needs, in alignment with the Food Philosophy and Food Distribution Model
To learn more about our work and how we serve the 49,000 neighbours experiencing food insecurity in Mississauga, we invite you to read our Annual Impact Report.
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