2019 IMPACT REPORT

Thanks to your help and generous support, the Greater Cleveland Food Bank celebrates 40 years of service to the community. Because of you, we are reaching more neighbors in need than ever before.

We are proud to share with you the impact that you 2019-2021 STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS helped make possible in 2019. With the support of donors, volunteers, advocates, and our network of more GOAL 1 than 1,000 program partners across Northeast Ohio, we Address hunger today by providing nutritious met our annual goals and made significant progress in food and targeted programming to reach the first year of our 2019–2021 Strategic Plan. more people who experience food insecurity

Through this Plan, the Food Bank will reach even GOAL 2 more individuals, families, and seniors in need of Address hunger tomorrow by connecting our help, while measuring our work in new ways to people to supportive services to help them become more food secure improve client services and access to food resources. Your generous support plays a critical role in helping GOAL 3 to make this possible. Thank you! Improve access and outcomes for people we serve by better tracking success As the celebrations of our 40th anniversary come to a close, we are more grateful than ever for the GOAL 4 generosity and partnership of our loyal supporters Assess and create financial and who enabled the Food Bank’s growth and evolution organizational capacity to meet from our humble beginnings in 1979 to our 2019 mission-related goals record-breaking accomplishments.

15500 South Waterloo Road | Cleveland, Ohio | 44110 | 216.738.2265 | GreaterClevelandFoodBank.org ADDRESSING HUNGER TODAY This year, your support helped to strengthen programs that serve our neighbors who are most vulnerable to hunger: 350,000 Neighbors served

More than 50% of clients served were Children and working Seniors living on a People with diet-related poor families fixed income health challenges, such as children diabetes and hypertension and seniors ADDRESSING HUNGER TOMORROW Thanks to your generosity, more people received the fresh, nutritious food they need to fight hunger today, while accessing support and 21.4 resources that address the root causes of hunger and help build a more MILLION food-secure tomorrow. POUNDS Public benefits such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance of fresh produce Program (SNAP) provide critical resources for individuals and families, improving their long-term food security and overall economic stability. Thanks to supporters like you, our Help Center and Benefit Outreach Specialists assisted thousands of clients applying for SNAP and other public benefits. We also advocated for a strong Farm Bill to protect 47 critical funding for SNAP and other food programs, and helped to secure MILLION additional state funding to support Ohio food banks. POUNDS IMPROVING ACCESS & OUTCOMES of food distributed As our work continues to evolve, so do our measures of success. We are beginning to look beyond traditional food bank metrics, such as the number of pounds distributed, to evaluate the impact of the food 33,000+ and services provided to our neighbors in need. In 2019, we established clients and families our new Research & Program Evaluation Team and Board-Level Measurement & Outcomes Committee to lead this important work. were assisted with SNAP applications ASSESSING & CREATING CAPACITY To improve access and outcomes for our clients, we also started to More than assess our space and operational capacity to expand, scale and pivot to meet the needs of our community, today and tomorrow. 12,000 Thank you for standing with us each step of the way, clients connected to and helping to make the first year of our strategic plan additional resources a success. For 2020, we will strive to reach more people addressing the main in our community struggling with hunger. We greatly causes of hunger: appreciate your continued partnership. Together, we healthcare, housing, will help ensure all of our neighbors have enough food and employment for today, and for tomorrow as well.

15500 South Waterloo Road | Cleveland, Ohio | 44110 | 216.738.2265 | GreaterClevelandFoodBank.org