About
Niagara Furniture Bank collects gently used housewares and furniture in order to provide individuals and families within the Niagara Region with beds, tables, chairs and other housewares.
The members of your community that receive these items are referred by organizations like: Ontario Works, Ontario Disability Support Programs, Canadian Mental Health Association, Public Health, Family and Children’s Services, YWCA – Shelters and Transitional Housing, Hope Centre, Port Cares, Community Cares and other local referral partners.
Since becoming a Canadian Registered Charity on January 1, 2008, the Niagara Furniture Bank has been helping families and continues to grow within the Niagara Region. In 2009 when we got our first truck, we served 43 families and individuals. In 2019, our directors and trustees took great pride announcing we assisted 704 families and individuals with housewares needed to make a safe home environment. The Niagara Furniture Bank collected and repurposed almost 500,000 pounds of gently used furniture and housewares items. Items that would have otherwise ended up in our precious landfills. 2019 saw $668,000.00 in Official Canadian Charitable Tax Receipts (CTR's) created for the full fair market value (FMV's) of every item received from community donations.
2019
Tons Repurposed in the 10,000's
People who Donated
Individuals Assisted
Families Assisted
Executive Summary
Niagara Furniture Bank uses a social enterprise approach to improve clients’ housing quality and stability. Niagara Furniture Bank (NFB) collects gently used furniture from private homes and businesses for a fee, and then delivers the furnishings to individuals and families who can access housing but cannot afford to furnish their homes.
In 2019 the NFB was able to assist 704 families and individuals improve their housing quality. During the NFB processes we are able to repurpose over 450,000 pounds of housewares that would end up in landfills.
The organization is based on the notion that a “shelter” is not a “home” without furnishings. The NFB operates on minimal fees charged to donors for removal, referral agents for delivery and monetary donations from various organizations. This allows the business costs to be covered while delivering quality housewares to those financially unable to support themselves.
Vision
Mission
To offer joy, hope and aid to those who are experiencing unfortunate circumstances within our community. Putting smiles on people's faces by taking gently used household items and repurposing them for those who are in disadvantaged situations. We make a “shelter” a “home”…
Values
Respect
Responsibility
Transparency
Leadership
Best Practices
Integrity
Empowerment
Compassion
Niagara Furniture Bank
Showroom
Hours
Subsidized Furniture Showroom
Our Showroom is CLOSED due to the current stay at home provincial order. Watch for our new online shopping and auction platforms launching soon. Thank you to EVERYONE who came out to SUPPORT us in 2020.
In the News
- Holidays are for helping, says trio who dropped off bags with essentials at Community Care
- Niagara Furniture Bank hosting end-of-year furniture sale fundraiser
- Keeping it Green: Niagara Furniture Bank is a green community hub
- Furniture Bank stepped in to meet needs during pandemic
- Turning a shelter into a home improves mental well-being
- Furniture bank an investment in a better life
- Niagara Furniture Bank looking for help after truck was stolen
Coronavirus Update: The Niagara Furniture Bank is Open
As part of the The Prime Minister of Canada’s introduced strategies, in working with the Canadian Alliance to End Homeless and to aid in the quick and fast response to COVID-19, the Niagara Furniture will remain OPEN. The Prime Minister of Canada is quoted in saying,...
COVID – 19 – Niagara Furniture Bank Release
The Niagara Furniture Bank Teams are currently working to ensure ALL community users who are currently scheduled to receive items do just that. In order to assist in Social Distancing, we will only be delivering curbside and will not be entering any residence. All signatures that are normally mandatory are being waived.
Toolbox Niagara to Spread Cheer throughout the Niagara Region
Toolbox Niagara We are super excited here at the Niagara Furniture Bank about the fact that this year we are partnering with James Symon, the man responsible for bringing the Toolbox Niagara Project as a volunteer and a member of our community, to help collect...