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Impact Report 2024

Oregon Food Bank leads a statewide network of 21 regional food banks and 1,400+ food assistance sites across Oregon and SW Washington. In 2024 the network distributed 73 million meals, with visits up 14% year on year. Key highlights include a major warehouse cold storage modernisation, successful advocacy securing summer food benefits for 294,000 children, and ongoing work through the Food Systems Ambassador and Policy Leadership Council programmes to address root causes of hunger.

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Regional food bank network (21 food banks, 1,400+ sites across Oregon and SW Washington); statewide warehouse (108,000 sq ft, modernised cold storage in 2024); Food Systems Ambassador programme; Policy Leadership Council; Food for All Oregonians advocacy campaign; disaster response; culturally relevant food access for Indigenous and immigrant communities Custom geography from upload: United States

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 73 million meals distributed across the Oregon Food Bank Network of 21 regional food banks and 1,400+ food assistance sites
Key Metric 2 14% increase in visits to food assistance sites in the past year, with fresh produce comprising 30% of all food distributed
Key Metric 3 34,539 donors gave to Oregon Food Bank in the fiscal year, with 6,779 giving monthly

Key Outcomes

  • 73 million meals distributed statewide with more than half comprising fresh or frozen produce, dairy and protein
  • 294,000 children and families supported through summer grocery benefit secured via 2024 legislative advocacy; warehouse cold storage more than doubled through state capital funding
  • 14% increase in visits to food assistance sites in 2024; Food Systems Ambassador programme has provided 30 ambassadors with $250,000+ over 7 years to pursue community food justice projects

Geography

International

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
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
Key Metric 3
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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Key Metric 1
2.4 million benefits calculations completed via free Benefits Calculator
Key Metric 2
1.5 million people identified new benefits worth an average of £5,396 each (£12.9bn total)
Key Metric 3
£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
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
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...
Key Metric 2
734 regular volunteers; 31,348 volunteer hours; 146 one-off volunteers (700+ hours); 99 corporate volunteer groups (3,900 hours)
Key Metric 3
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