2020 Annual Report | Together We Are Feeding America
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TOGETHER W E ARE FEEDING AMERICA PG 1 ANNUAL REPORT 20 20 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2020 ANNUAL REPORT MOTIVATION MISSION IMPACT 3 5 9 FINANCIALS 27 SUPPORTERS 30 LEADERSHIP 67 PG 2 MOTIVATION 2020 ANNUAL REPORT MEET ELENA On a hot summer morning, Elena Martinez, along with her sons—Kevin, 4 and Adonay, 2—arrived at a food pantry that works with Capital Area Food Bank, a member of the Feeding America network. Before the impact of COVID-19, Elena worked in a restaurant kitchen. Due to the economic fallout from the pandemic, she— like tens of millions of people across the country—lost her job. As Elena saw the nutritious food available for her to take home to help feed her family of seven, she smiled, excited about the meals she could prepare amid a devastating time of unemployment and uncertainty. Women like Elena are overrepresented in some of the hardest-hit industries for job loss, including leisure and hospitality, healthcare and education, and women—especially “ Black and Latino women—lost jobs in those sectors I’M VERY at disproportionate rates. GRATEFUL TO GOD THAT MY FAMILY IS ABLE TO EAT BECAUSE OF THE FOOD THAT I RECEIVE FROM THE PANTRY. ” PG 3 MOTIVATION 2020 ANNUAL REPORT MEET OUR VOLUNTEERS Before the pandemic, the Feeding America food bank network relied on the generous time of nearly 2 million volunteers each month. The impact of COVID-19 quickly shattered that. Adhering to shelter- in-place orders, social-distancing protocols and health concerns, food banks saw a 60% decline in this critical volunteer workforce. To adapt and help meet demand, food banks partnered with the National Guard, Team Rubicon and other national volunteer groups. Upon learning about the network’s acute need for volunteers to help feed people during the pandemic, caring and compassionate supporters like you answered the call—neighbors helping neighbors. When Emily’s school, Mr. Reeves is the academic Mark volunteers at where she teaches sixth dean at Sul Ross Middle SECOND HARVEST through eighth grades, School, which worked with the HEARTLAND in St. Paul, shut down, she took her SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK Minnesota once a week three daughters to volunteer to host an emergency food and has continued signing at the ST. LOUIS AREA distribution for local families. up for shifts during the FOODBANK. Volunteering “I get to see my students’ COVID-19 crisis. He is became part of their new daily parents, aunties, uncles and thankful his employer routine. “Knowing now that grandmothers picking up food, allows him to take time there is an even bigger need and it’s an absolute pleasure off to volunteer during the during the pandemic makes to work and make sure all workday so he can fill shifts volunteering that much more students are fed during that others can’t. important,” she said. this time of need.” PG 4 MISSION 2020 ANNUAL REPORT A MESSAGE FROM OUR CEO AND BOARD CHAIR During times of unprecedented crisis and uncertainty, people harness a resilience they never knew they were capable of to unite with others and provide support. Boundaries disappear and communities rise through collective compassion and the belief that, together, we can overcome any challenge. That spirit of shared empathy and generosity has been evident since the effects of COVID-19 blanketed not just our country, but the world—yielding shifts in daily norms and routines that have shaped PEOPLE our current reality. ARE AT THE Driven by your generosity in fiscal year 2020, the Feeding America food bank network quickly activated and restructured operations CENTER OF to meet the surge in demand due to COVID-19. Your support enabled network members to help provide nearly ALL WE 5.2 billion meals to people facing hunger—40% of whom, due to the pandemic, were seeking charitable DO. food assistance for the first time in their lives. The fallout from the pandemic, including record unemployment rates, economic hardship, school closures, physical and social isolation, and downturns in emotional health and well-being, could have frozen us in fear and chaos—and yet, together, we stood in strength and resolve, determined to not let hunger be an additional worry for millions of people. PG 5 MISSION 2020 ANNUAL REPORT A MESSAGE FROM OUR CEO AND BOARD CHAIR continued As we continue to navigate through a global pandemic, as well as a critical nationwide dialogue on ending systemic racism, we are gratefully aware that any progress we make in our mission to end hunger—now and in the future—will be furthered by dedicated supporters like you. We value your steadfast commitment to ensuring our neighbors facing hunger have equitable access to the food they need, and we remain focused on ensuring the families we serve not only have nourishment, but also stability, as the ripple effects of the pandemic persist. Thank you for your dedicated partnership in our mission to end hunger. Together, we are emerging stronger and making a meaningful difference for millions of neighbors in communities across the country. Best regards, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot Gary Rodkin Chief Executive Officer, Retired CEO, ConAgra Foods Feeding America Chair, Feeding America Board of Directors PG 6 MISSION 2020 ANNUAL REPORT In every community across the country, the Feeding America network PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST of food banks provides neighbors with the meals they need—advancing our work toward ending hunger in America. CATALYZE A MOVEMENT Our vision is TRANSFORM an America where THE CHARITABLE no one is hungry. FOOD EXPERIENCE ELEVATE Our mission is to feed America’s hungry through a nationwide network of member THE PUBLIC food banks and engage our country in the SECTOR fight to end hunger. MAXIMIZE ROLE FOOD Our commitment is to keep people SOURCING at the center of all we do and address racial disparities in all our work. & SHARING EXPAND NETWORK CAPACITY PG 7 MISSION 2020 ANNUAL REPORT OUR COVID-19 RESPONSE Feeding America has projected that 1 in 6 people (50.4 million) in the U.S. could be food insecure in 2020 in the wake of the pandemic—up from 1 in 9 people (35 million) in 2019. NEARLY 5.2 BILLION MEALS DISTRIBUTED 200 OVER MEMBER 500 FOOD CLICK TO FIND YOUR FOOD DONORS LOCAL FOOD BANK BANKS PG 8 2020 ANNUAL REPORT We are IMPACT committed to placing the people we serve at the center of our work to end hunger. PG 9 IMPACT 2020 ANNUAL REPORT TOGETHER WE ARE WORKING TO END HUNGER By 2025, Feeding America, in collaboration with our network and our partners, will ensure access to enough nutritious food for people struggling with hunger and make meaningful progress toward ending hunger. YOU HELPED US YOU HELPED US YOU HELPED US YOU HELPED US YOU HELPED US FEED NOURISH EMPOWER UNITE CONNECT • Nearly 5.2 billion • Over 50% of network • Network members helped • Over 1.2 million people • Awarded $240 million meals to people members engaged in people submit 317,000 reached through in grants to network healthcare partnerships SNAP applications Feeding America’s food banks • Over 2 billion pounds social media of food received by • 72% of food distributed • Nearly 50% of network • Advanced innovative food banks through by the network classified members engaged in • Over 200,000 news approaches, like OrderAhead, TEFAP as promoting good health Ending Hunger Community stories featured the our first direct-to-neighbor PG of Practice Feeding America digital platform 10 network IMPACT 2020 ANNUAL REPORT TOGETHER WE ARE MAKING MEANINGFUL PROGRESS OVER OVER 57% 128K 1.8 BILLION OF FOOD ADVOCACY SPECIAL THANKS TO BANKS Albertsons Companies ACTIONS taken POUNDS used MealConnect® Amazon by digital supporters to General Mills and opt-in features General Mills Foundation strengthen anti-hunger of fresh produce Walmart and policies Walmart Foundation distributed to families by network members 4 BILLION POUNDS OVER 573 MILLION of groceries MEALS OVER rescued from of nutritious meat, 13 MILLION VISITS ® fish and poultry to FeedingAmerica.org going to waste secured for people PG 11 in need IMPACT 2020 ANNUAL REPORT TOGETHER WE ARE PROVIDING MORE MEALS To meet the surge in demand due to COVID-19, Feeding America—the nation’s largest food recovery organization—executed innovative solutions to rescue even more food for our neighbors in need. Through Dairy Nourishes America, a collaborative project Families nationwide received more than 1.8 billion pounds of with the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, MilkPEP and the fresh produce distributed by network members. Your support National Dairy Council, we convened partners throughout enabled us to move over 42 million pounds of produce between SPECIAL THANKS TO the dairy supply chain to build and leverage relationships to April 20 and June 30. Feeding America strengthened seven, Cargill, Inc. Caterpillar Foundation provide more than 465 million pounds of fresh milk and dairy member-led, regional produce cooperatives whose mission Chiquita Brands International, Inc. products to network members. Due to supply chain disruption, is to orchestrate large produce donations and increase food Great American Milk Drive and in response to the pandemic, we collaborated with our dairy variety for network members and the people they serve. Hormel Foods community partners to access, process and distribute excess The co-ops increased pounds distributed to the network to Nationwide Foundation milk supply. This collaboration resulted in the distribution over 259 million pounds. The produce program also distributed Perdue Farms, LLC Smithfield Foods, Inc. of over 1 million gallons of fresh milk and other dairy products direct grants to over 25% of the network to support purchases Tyson Foods, Inc. to the network. of refrigerated trucks and other capacity-building projects, or Walmart Foundation offset transportation costs, which enable network members to Protein is one of the most difficult food items to secure.