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FY 2019 Annual Report ANNUAL REPORT 2019 Photo: Gosia Photography Photo: lakeviewpantry.org Food for Today, Hope for Tomorrow Dear Friends: Founded in 1970, Lakeview Pantry is Chicago’s largest food pantry, providing food assistance and social service programming to the North and West Side’s low- income residents. Last year, the Pantry provided 1.6 million meals to almost 9,000 individuals through 48,000 site visits. The Pantry seeks to eliminate hunger in Chicago by providing food to fill the basic need of hungry people, empowering our clients to achieve independence through social service programs, and raising awareness about poverty and its solutions. Dear Friends, We are very pleased to share with you the Lakeview We are very pleased that our expansion granted Pantry FY 2019 Annual Report. The past year access to so many more people struggling with was filled with many exciting events, milestones, hunger and poverty, but also understand our work and transitions. We are proud to highlight those is not done. We are just scratching the surface of happenings in this report for you. the hunger epidemic in the city and we don’t intend to give up on the fight. In fact, Lakeview Pantry As Lakeview Pantry continues to expand, serving has recently launched two new, exciting initiatives 13 neighborhoods throughout Chicago, we remain to further reduce food insecurity – our innovative anchored in our core belief that all people deserve Online Market (the first-of-its-kind in Chicago) and to have their basic human needs met in a dignified the senior Pop-Up Pantry! manner. Our long-standing mission to feed our neighbors while empowering them to achieve As we approach our 50th anniversary in 2020, we independence is at the heart of who we are. We look back on all that the Pantry has accomplished achieve this mission through our comprehensive and are overwhelmed with gratitude. We truly food and social services programs. appreciate everyone who supports Lakeview Pantry – our individual donors; our hard-working In FY 2019, we served almost 9,000 unique volunteers; and the numerous foundations, neighbors through over 48,000 site visits and corporations, schools, religious institutions, and expanded our geographic service area to cover community organizations who dedicate time and almost 13 square miles (including opening a new money to our mission – we couldn’t do it without site in Humboldt Park!). Our new client households you. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. rose by 10% over the previous year. Casey Herman Kellie O’Connell Board President Chief Executive Officer PROGRAMS Lakeview Pantry 2019 Annual Report Lakeview Pantry’s approach focuses on meeting the immediate hunger needs of our clients and then moving onto longer-term solutions that empower clients to become more independent. Lakeview Pantry has 3 outlets to serve our community members: • Lakeview Pantry served our neighbors in • We provided emergency food assistance need at multiple physical sites in FY19: 6 days a week to 8,518 unique clients our Sheridan Market, the Health & Hope in FY19. Program at Illinois Advocate Masonic Visitors received a 2-week supply of fresh Cancer Center, and our newest venture – • and nutritious groceries per month, using The Fresh Market at La Casa Norte. Pantry Food a choice-based distribution model. • Bread and produce pickups are Distribution available weekly. • Our home delivery program operates every • Lakeview Pantry served over 3,600 Saturday and serves our elderly, disabled, individuals through the home delivery and homebound clients. program which is a 36% increase from FY2018. • Food allotments are customized for clients with diabetes, high blood pressure, or heart disease. Home Delivery • The Pantry’s goal is to empower clients • In FY2019, we provided 5,970 social services through our social service programs, to our clients. That was an incredible 100% increasing independence and breaking increase over FY 2018. the cycle of poverty. • We further expanded our Mental Wellness • Our Mental Wellness program continued Program by growing our group therapy to expand and served 57 clients on an offerings to serve more individuals at ongoing basis in FY 2019, providing over once. In FY 2019 we conducted 45 group Social Services 500 counseling sessions. sessions across five different cycles with an overwhelmingly positive response from clients. % % % 10 47 27 Misc. Services Public Benefits Assistance Service Planning & Intake How we serve our (including resource & Stability Services pick-up, non-counseling Social Services Clients: emotional support, resource research) 9% Mental Health Counseling 3% Emergency Grants & Financial Services 4% Employment Search & Support On a monthly basis, we provide our clients That allotment saves a household of one with 90 meals for a household of one. person over $250 each month to allocate That is 110 pounds of food! to medical bills, utility, and housing costs. FY 2019 HIGHLIGHTS Lakeview Pantry 2019 Annual Report Greater Reach: In FY 2019 we expanded our geographic service area to cover almost 13 square miles of the city and provided 2,235 NEW households with emergency food and social services. That approximately 10% higher than the prior fiscal year. 1% 60626 We served almost Lakeview Pantry Client 9,000 individuals Zip Code Breakout through 48,000 site visits and distributed 1.6 million meals— THE HUB that’s 1.9 million 5151 N Ravenswood pounds of food! 1% 60625 23% 60640 W Montrose Ave 35% 60613 % 60618 LAKEVIEW PANTRY 2 3945 N Sheridan Rd N Lake Shore Drive N Damen Ave 18% 60657 N Kedzie Ave N Kedzie 14% 60614 W Fullerton Ave We leased a 10,000 sq ft warehouse at 1% 60647 5151 N. Ravenswood to increase our food storage capacity! This addition successfully moved Lakeview Pantry to a Hub & Spoke model as outlined in our Strategic Plan and We continued our service area allowed us to reach more of our neighbors in need! La Casa Norte’s expansion in FY2019 through a W North Ave Fresh Market partnership with La Casa Norte 3355 W North Ave in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood! The new west Over 4,000 side food pantry, called The volunteers Fresh Market, opened in March of 2019 and serves a large worked almost population of LatinX residents. 55,000 hours. That’s 5,000 more hours than last year! And the award goes to… Lakeview Pantry! We were honored to receive the We released a new 17th Annual Chicago Innovation strategic plan! Award in the Neighborhood Through a partnership with category! The Innovation BCG Consulting, and extensive Awards are the region’s foremost planning by staff, volunteers, recognition of the most innovative and partners, we were thrilled to new products or services brought to unveil the comprehensive plan market each year. We were thrilled to guide our efforts over the next to be recognized for the way the five years. Three major goals Pantry is changing the landscape of were identified – to Expand, hunger relief in the city. Engage and Empower! HUNGER IN OUR COMMUNITY An estimated 42 million Americans, including 13 million children, suffer from food insecurity. 1 in 8 in America Who comes to Lakeview Pantry? The need varies among children, older adults, people with disabilities, veterans, the working poor, and others. Clients come to Lakeview Pantry from a range of national, ethnic, and linguistic backgrounds. 1 in 7 in Cook County • 55% of our clients identify • On average, our clients have as female one child • 43% identify as male • 12% are veterans • 2% identify as transgender/other • Less than 5% of our clients are homeless • 47% of our clients are retired and/ or disabled • 45% have children under the age of 18 living at home 1 in 9 on the North Side Tough Choices 39% African • 59% of Lakeview Pantry American clients report having to choose between buying food and paying bills. 33% • 45% report choosing between Caucasian Lakeview Pantry’s buying food and paying rent. Client Demographics • 35% report choosing between buying food and buying Per our recent client survey medication. 12% Hispanic Many households report the 4% following coping strategies: Asian/Pacific Islanders • Watering down food or drinks. • Purchasing inexpensive, 4% unhealthy food and snacks. Native American/ Alaskan Natives • Selling personal property or cash. 8% No response or “other” Lakeview Pantry 2019 Annual Report FOOD SOURCES 83% or $1.56 million of our food is donated! 17% is purchased from the Greater Chicago Food Our Donated Depository and wholesalers at deep discounts. Food Sources Top FY ‘19 In-Kind Donors Donated Food by Pounds of Food Donated % 11 % Corporate, School, Religious4 Individuals & Miscellaneous & Individuals Our Grocery and Farm Partners Trader Joe’s 539,470 lbs & Individual Food Drives • (including retail, wholesale, and GCFD 405,395 lbs 26% farmers’ markets) account for over Whole Foods Market 112,130 lbs 60% of in-kind donations Greater Chicago Food Depository Costco 51,471 lbs • Trader Joe’s is our largest Imperfect Produce 44,136 lbs contributor with $1.1 million Starbucks 34,105 lbs in food donations each year. 63% Green City Market 33,880 lbs Grocery & Farm Partners • The Greater Chicago Food Plum Market 33,774 lbs Depository accounts for our Pepsico/Quaker 28,400 lbs second largest in-kind donation Fresh Thyme 24,115 lbs source at approximately $800K. DSC Logistics 23,365 lbs Aldi 23,163 lbs Jewel 19,152 lbs FINANCIALS Revenues • 73% of all monetary donations Expenses received come from individual donors (many of whom live in Individual Contributions $1,954,149 Food Program Services $5,008,379 our surrounding neighborhoods). In-Kind Food Donations $3,597,704 Management & • 14% comes from foundation General Support $432,309 grants and 13% comes In-Kind Services Donations $20,003 Fundraising $407,384 from corporate grants and Grants $529,624 sponsorships.
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