Poverty & Inclusion Community & Social Justice 2024
Greater Vancouver Food Bank (GVFB)

Impact Report Fiscal 2024

The Greater Vancouver Food Bank is BC's largest food bank, serving 27,474 unique clients and 150 community agencies across Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster and the North Shore in FY2024. The organisation distributed 9.3 million pounds of food — 68% fresh produce — and generated total income of $41.6m. A food preservation pilot transformed 80,000 pounds of surplus apples into freeze-dried chips and juice. A new Vancouver distribution centre secured a long-term lease, increasing cold storage by 20%.

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Weekly food distribution for registered clients; 150 community agency partners (shelters, transition houses, after-school programmes); Provincial Agencies Programme; emergency wildfire food relief; food preservation pilot (freeze-drying, juicing); BC Farmer Tax Credit initiative; Virtual Food Drive platform; Grade Schooler Packs Custom geography from upload: Canada

📊Key Metrics

27,474 unique lives served and 150 community agencies supported across Metro Vancouver Key Metric 1
9.3 million pounds of food distributed outbound, with 68% fresh produce Key Metric 2
Total income $41,582,927 against total expenditure of $35,165,151 Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • 27,474 unique lives served and 150 community agencies supported in FY2024, with 9.3 million pounds of food distributed outbound
  • 68% of all food distributed was fresh produce — up from 60% the prior year — with 375,000+ pounds received through the BC Farmer Tax Credit initiative
  • Total income of $41.6m against expenditure of $35.2m; 50,000+ volunteer hours contributed equivalent to 25 full-time staff

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