Poverty & Inclusion Community & Social Justice 2024
Food Banks BC

Impact Report 2023-2024

Food Banks BC supports 107 member food banks serving 195,925 visits per month across British Columbia. In 2023-24 the organisation distributed $10.7m to member and non-member agencies, reached a record 100,000 unique clients in a single month, and launched school nutrition pilots reaching 10,600+ students. Emergency food support continued for wildfire-affected communities, and an Accessibility and Equity Guide was adopted nationally by Food Banks Canada.

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Member food bank network support (107 members); Agency Relief Fund ($2.3m distributed); Perishable Food Refrigeration Grants; school nutrition pilots (42 schools, 10,600+ students; 3,000 students daily); Resilient North project; emergency food support for wildfire-affected communities; accessibility and equity training Custom geography from upload: Canada

📊Key Metrics

195,925 visits per month to local BC food banks across 107 member food banks Key Metric 1
100,000 unique clients served in a single month for the first time (March 2024) Key Metric 2
$10,736,909 in total disbursements to member and non-member hunger relief agencies Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • 195,925 visits per month to BC food banks; 100,000 unique clients served in March 2024 for the first time — a record milestone
  • $10,736,909 distributed to member and non-member agencies, including $6,564,967 in provincial government funding and $3,718,816 from Food Banks BC fundraising
  • School nutrition pilots reached over 10,600 students across 42 schools with 1.8 million additional food servings; Agency Relief Fund distributed $2.3m to hunger relief agencies across BC

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