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Impact Report Spring 2025

Feeding America is the largest hunger-relief organisation in the United States, operating a network of 200+ food banks and 60,000+ agency partners. In the second half of 2024 the network provided 3 billion meals. The Spring 2025 report highlights the Food Rescue Challenge — targeting 1 billion additional pounds of food rescued annually — disaster response across four major events, Food As Medicine programmes, and national advocacy including the largest-ever DC fly-in of 200+ anti-hunger advocates.

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Network of 200+ food banks and 60,000+ agency partners; food rescue (produce, retail, manufacturing donations, federal commodities); disaster response; SNAP application assistance; Food As Medicine programme; advocacy and policy work; Food Rescue Challenge Custom geography from upload: United States

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 3 billion meals provided across the Feeding America network July through December 2024
Key Metric 2 2.13 billion pounds of food rescued by network members in fiscal year 2025 to date
Key Metric 3 287 trailer loads of supplies deployed to 28 member food banks in disaster response across four major events

Key Outcomes

  • 3 billion meals provided by the Feeding America network in the second half of 2024, with over 5.9 billion meals delivered to people in need in the prior full year
  • 2.13 billion pounds of food rescued in FY2025 to date through the Food Rescue Challenge, with $18.1 million raised through the Food Rescue Fund toward a $50 million annual goal
  • More than 50 million people turned to the charitable food system in 2023; disaster response across four major events (Hurricanes Helene and Milton, California wildfires, Kentucky and West Virginia flooding)

Geography

International

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438,000 pets treated across 49 Pet Hospitals, equivalent to 4,700 pets every working day
Key Metric 2
Over 2 million treatments provided; veterinary services cost over £85 million, funded entirely by donations
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327,000 children reached with pet education messages; Pet Health Hub received over 4 million online visitors
Veterinary care provided to the pets of over 360,000 people in financial hardship across the UK, with 46% of clients disabled or living with a serious health condition
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2.4 million benefits calculations completed via free Benefits Calculator
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1.5 million people identified new benefits worth an average of £5,396 each (£12.9bn total)
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£3 million in grants awarded, supporting 2,164 people across the UK
4.8 million people accessed the Turn2us website for information on claiming support they are entitled to
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7,325 individual children supported; 9,269 instances of support across the year; 6,660 referrals fulfilled; 485 emergency newborn hospital packs delivered to 23 London hospitals...
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734 regular volunteers; 31,348 volunteer hours; 146 one-off volunteers (700+ hours); 99 corporate volunteer groups (3,900 hours)
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Items gifted worth over £3 million (if new); 128 tonnes of goods redistributed; £22,714 in financial support secured or saved for families via signposting;...
Connections and signposting: Family Connections team spoke to 2,764 families; signposting support provided 1,037 times; 77% of signposting recipients had never accessed similar help before; £22,714 in financial support secured or saved