"Toronto's Daily Bread Food Bank is cutting ties with one of its largest member agencies after the charity uncovered discrepancies with invoices Feed Scarborough provided to support grant funding and reported those and other financial management concerns to police. Daily Bread's board of directors decided not to renew Feed Scarborough's membership agreement last week, so it will no longer receive food deliveries or funding from Daily Bread after its membership expires at the end of this month."
"The concerns that we had were, were those funds directed towards the charitable purposes that they were intended to go to? said Hetherington in an interview. Ultimately it boils down to making sure that every single dollar is spent on the food that Toronto needs if there is a dollar that is not used towards those charitable purposes, that's a meal."
"Feed Scarborough has received millions of dollars' worth of food from Daily Bread each year as one its largest member agencies and was provided $620,000 in grant funding for operations and capacity building projects from 2021-23, according to Daily Bread's police report. CBC News reviewed that report along with corresponding invoices, corporation records, property records and emails, which together raise a number of concerns about Feed Scarborough's financial spending and management."
Daily Bread paused grant funding to Feed Scarborough while investigating financial irregularities but continued food deliveries to avoid impacting south Scarborough residents. Daily Bread's board declined to renew Feed Scarborough's membership, ending deliveries and funding when the membership expires at month-end. Feed Scarborough received millions of dollars' worth of food annually and was granted $620,000 for 2021–23 for operations and capacity building. Daily Bread reported discrepancies and other financial management concerns to Toronto police. CBC News reviewed the police report, invoices, corporate and property records and emails that together raise questions about spending and recordkeeping, including disputed invoices and large expense claims.
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