RE: Edits for Annual Report FACING HUNGER2017 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 ANNUAL REPORT | FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY A 2017 BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVEREND HENRY BELIN (Chair) KATIE LEE MICHAEL SMITH PASTOR CHEF/AUTHOR GENERAL MANAGER Bethel AME Church The Comfort Table Cooking Channel MARIO BATALI SERAINA MACIA ARTHUR STAINMAN (Treasurer) CHEF/AUTHOR/RESTAURATEUR EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & CEO SENIOR MANAGING DIRECTOR First Manhattan KEVIN FRISZ AIG MANAGING PARTNER GLORIA PITAGORSKY (Vice Chair) LARY STROMFELD William James Capital MANAGING DIRECTOR (Executive Vice Chair) Heard City PARTNER JOHN F. FRITTS, ESQ. (Secretary) Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP SENIOR COUNSEL NICOLAS POITEVIN Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP SENIOR TRADER STANLEY TUCCI Latour Trading ACTOR/DIRECTOR LAUREN BUSH LAUREN Olive Productions C/O Post Factory CEO & FOUNDER LEE SCHRAGER FEED VICE PRESIDENT, CORPORATE PASTOR MICHAEL WALROND COMMUNICATIONS & NATIONAL EVENTS SENIOR PASTOR Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits First Corinthian Baptist Church Kelly Bensimon Tony Shaloub David Chang Kate Krader AGENCY ACTOR, MODEL ACTOR CHEF, AUTHOR BLOOMBERG ADVISORY Lorraine Bracco Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson Caryl Chinn Gabriel Kreuther COMMITTEE ACTOR MUSICIAN, RESTAURATEUR, CARYL CHINN CULINARY CHEF, RESTAURATEUR AUTHOR CONSULTING Robin Sirota-Bassin Ty Burrell Emeril Lagasse Tom Colicchio SOUTHSIDE UNITED HDFC INC. ACTOR CHEF, TV HOST, AUTHOR CHEF, TV HOST, AUTHOR Cheryl Cancela Helena Christensen CULINARY Katie Lee Gabriele Corcos THE SALVATION ARMY STAPLETON MODEL, PHOTOGRAPHER COUNCIL CHEF/AUTHOR CHEF, TV HOST, RESTAURATEUR Allison Deal (Chair) Alan Cumming Ted Allen Jennifer Leuzzi ACTOR Madison Cowan ADVERTISING, MARKETING & METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ON TV HOST, AUTHOR JEWISH POVERTY. CHEF, AUTHOR EDITORIAL CONSULTANT Gavin DeGraw Sunny Anderson MUSICIAN Yann de Rochefort Michael Lomonaco Peer Deutsch TV HOST ONEG SHABBOS RESTAURATEUR CHEF, AUTHOR Selita Ebanks Dominique Ansel MODEL Eric Demby Marisa May Maria Estrada CHEF, AUTHOR, RESTAURATEUR BROOKLYN FLEA EVERY DAY IS A MIRACLE Masaharu Morimoto Dominic Fumusa Phillip Baltz ACTOR Jake Dickson CHEF, AUTHOR Lisa Everett BALTZ & COMPANY NORTHEAST BROOKLYN SOCIAL DICKSON’S FARMSTAND MEATS Cat Greenleaf Seamus Mullen SERVICES Joe Bastianich HOST, NBC NEW YORK Todd English CHEF, AUTHOR, RESTAURATEUR CHEF, TV HOST, AUTHOR Rev. Vincent Fusco CHEF, TV HOST, AUTHOR Ethan Hawke Ruth Reichl ACTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Lidia Bastianich ACTOR Barbara Fairchild CULINARY AUTHORITY CORP. CHEF, TV HOST, AUTHOR CULINARY AUTHORITY Missy Robbins Major Sharon Lindsay Michael Kay Ken Biberaj SPORTS BROADCASTER Brad Farmerie CHEF VETS, INC. RESTAURATEUR CHEF Michael Salvatore David Moses Lenny Kravitz April Bloomfield MUSICIAN Tyler Florence SYSCO METRO NEW YORK MT. HEBRON CHURCH OF CHRIST CHEF CHEF, TV HOST, AUTHOR Aarón Sánchez Dorren Rutty Lauren Bush Lauren Daniel Boulud SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR Marc Forgione CHEF, TV HOST, AUTHOR BRONX BETHANY COMMUNITY CHEF, AUTHOR CHEF CORP. Michael Schlow Debi Mazar Anthony Bourdain ACTOR, TELEVISION PERSONALITY Paulie Gee CHEF, AUTHOR, RESTAURATEUR Kimberly Singh CHEF, TV HOST, AUTHOR BNAI RAPHAEL CHESED RESTAURANT Oliver Platt Lee Brian Schrager ORGANIZATION Danny Bowien ACTOR Alex Guarnaschelli SOUTHERN GLAZER’S WINE & CHEF, RESTAURATEUR CHEF, TV HOST SPIRITS Robin Roberts Tim Buma Tanya Wenman Steel NEWSCASTER Max Hardy CELEBRITY CHEF CHEF CLEAN PLATES OMNIMEDIA AMBASSADORS Gavin Rossdale David Burke Susan Ungaro MUSICIAN Jean-Marc Houmard Stanley Tucci, CHAIR CHEF, AUTHOR RESTAURATEUR ACTOR, DIRECTOR Jean-Georges Vongerichten Susan Sarandon Anne Burrell CHEF, AUTHOR, RESTAURATEUR ACTOR Hung Huynh Hank Azaria CHEF, TV HOST, AUTHOR CHEF ACTOR Kyra Sedgwick Andrew Carmellini ACTOR Dan Kluger Kevin Bacon CHEF, AUTHOR CHEF ACTOR Cesare Casella CHEF, AUTHOR FROM THE PRESIDENT & CEO Dear Friends, We live in a city where individuals facing hunger and those choosing to solve it are both called New Yorkers. The gaps between us diminish in size every time we choose to close them. For 35 years, New Yorkers have come together to solve hunger in our city one apartment, co-op, office and classroom at a time. It’s through the coming together of this myriad of neighbors that Food Bank For New York City has been allowed to be at the forefront of hunger relief, serving the city’s most vulnerable. There was no infrastructure for this kind of work when Food Bank began. Food banking was— and remains—a modern-day barn raising…a place where a community’s resources are gathered to serve the community’s needs. What started as an unused warehouse in the Bronx has over many years become the gathering place for philanthropists, corporate and government leadership and everyday New Yorkers focused on building a central resource for the poorest charities in the poorest communities serving the poorest New Yorkers. Sincerely, Since 1983 Food Bank has been the place where New Yorkers ensure that their neighbors never have to face hunger alone. In these three decades, Food Bank has transformed from a response-based organization to Margarette Purvis one with a strategic approach able to serve complex needs in communities poor in resources President and CEO yet rich in diversity. We’ve taken our belief that hunger is solvable, coupled it with the lens provided by the meal gap and the commitment inherent in a network of community-based charities, and turned it into 1.3 billion needed meals. However, seeing hunger for what it is and where it lives is just the beginning. Through commitment and tenacity, Food Bank puts innovative and scalable solutions into action. Innovation in the hunger space is almost always about access to resources, knowledge and opportunity that are often taken for granted elsewhere. Innovations in our distribution system, such as Green Sidewalk™, deliver fresh produce and other high-quality foods to our member network in a consistent and timely manner. Current and planned renovations to Food Bank’s Harlem-based Community Kitchen and Food Pantry are designed to create even more opportunities for us to lead and foster impactful collaborations across our city and throughout our network, including the Innovation Center—our city’s first dedicated space to build on leadership and collective impact in the anti-hunger community—along with kitchen refurbishments that will allow more hot nutritious meals to be prepared, stored and shared both with our Harlem neighbors and our entire charity network. From its earliest days, Food Bank has been the connector for New Yorkers with means to New Yorkers in need. The compelling portraits in this report are reflections on the challenges facing our most vulnerable neighbors, as well as the resolve of dedicated New Yorkers focused on removing hunger from our city. These portraits represent just a few of the many faces and stories that make up a 35-year history of compassionate collaboration. While each road may differ, the journey always begins with facing hunger. 2017 ANNUAL REPORT | FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY 1 SHEREE QUILES FOOD BANKER/ FRONT LINES OF HARLEM “I strive to make our services at Food Bank’s kitchen and pantry feel like a hug from a friend. When I was younger, I knew hunger, too. Hugs are important.” 6,060,000 MISSING MEALS IN HARLEM— THE MOST OF ANY COMMUNITY IN MANHATTAN. 1.5 MILLION MEALS PROVIDED BY FOOD BANK’S COMMUNITY KITCHEN AND FOOD PANTRY OF WEST HARLEM. 2 2017 ANNUAL REPORT | FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY DONNIE WARD PARENT, HARLEM “She’s my baby… my precious baby girl.” 195,000 WORKING NEW YORKERS RELY ON FOOD PANTRIES AND SOUP KITCHENS. 19% NEW YORK CITY CHILDREN— ONE OUT OF FIVE— RELY ON SOUP KITCHENS AND FOOD PANTRIES. 2017 ANNUAL REPORT | FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY 3 CONNIE VERDUCCI PARTNER, BANK OF AMERICA “Our entire team at Bank of America serves. We believe that working together gives us leverage to defeat hunger.” $1.5 MILLION VALUE OF NEW YORKERS’ SERVICE TO END HUNGER. 2,976,000 NUMBER OF MEALS OUR VOLUNTEERS HELPED GET OUT TO OUR NEEDIEST COMMUNITIES. 4 2017 ANNUAL REPORT | FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY AMANDA WILLIAMS FOOD BANKER “Our campus pantries keep children from experiencing hunger in their homes.” 1 IN 5 NEW YORK CITY CHILDREN LIVE IN HOUSEHOLDS FACING FOOD INSECURITY. 1.1 MILLION MEALS DISTRIBUTED TO K-12 STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH CAMPUS PANTRIES. 2017 ANNUAL REPORT | FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY 5 SULTANA OCASIO FRONT LINES OF THE BRONX “Hunger does not discriminate. What I know about what’s needed in The Bronx was learned from serving a diverse population. When voices are missing from the table, so are real solutions.” 1 in 3 NEW YORKERS LIVING IN OUR MOST FOOD INSECURE COMMUNITIES RELIES ON FOOD ASSISTANCE. 225 MILLION MEALS THE UNMET NEED AMONG FOOD-INSECURE NEW YORKERS. 6 2017 ANNUAL REPORT | FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY ALEXANDER RAPAPORT FRONT LINES OF BROOKLYN “Every Shabbat in my grandmother’s home included someone less fortunate. It’s how I learned to care for others.” 16,500,000 POUNDS OF FRESH PRODUCE WERE PROVIDED AT NO COST TO OUR MEMBER NETWORK. 4 MILLION KOSHER MEALS WERE DISTRIBUTED BY FOOD BANK’S CITYWIDE CHARITY NETWORK. 2017 ANNUAL REPORT | FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY 7 PASTOR MIKE WALROND BOARD MEMBER/DONOR/ COMMUNITY ACTIVIST “To be our best city, we must commit to solving the root causes of hunger and poverty… working together toward one shared goal of loving our neighbors.” 74% OF FOOD PANTRIES AND SOUP KITCHENS REPORT SHORTAGES OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 86% MORE FRESH PRODUCE WAS DELIVERED TO MEMBER FOOD PANTRIES SERVING IN IMPOVERISHED NEIGHBORHOODS. 8 2017 ANNUAL REPORT | FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY LOIS & ARTHUR STAINMAN BOARD MEMBER/ DONORS/ADVOCATES “Our city prides itself on being the culinary capital of the world. It’s unconscionable that anyone should face hunger here.” 15% NEW YORK CITY’S FOOD INSECURITY RATE— WHICH IS 11% HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE 62.5 MILLION FREE MEALS DISTRIBUTED TO CITYWIDE NETWORK OF NEARLY 1,000 CHARITIES AND SCHOOLS.