2017 Annual Report Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County A dollar can give her breakfast, lunch and dinner. Not to mention a childhood. No child should have to worry about where their next meal is coming from. That’s why we’ve dedicated more than three decades to helping families get the food they need to work, learn and dream. • We are excited to report on all the ways your donations have helped us feed more people over the past year. Nearly 94 cents of every dollar we spend goes directly to feeding the hungry. Because of your generous support of funds, time and talent, we distributed a record-breaking 21.6 million meals to hungry men, women and children in Orange County, putting us on track to reach our Bold Goal of feeding all who need our help.• As we enter our 35th year of ending hunger, we ask you to join us in our Bold Goal of making sure that no one in Orange County goes hungry. Ever. Nicole Suydam, CEO Bob Wolpert, Board Chair Tonight, too many families right here in Orange County may go hungry. People who work hard for minimum wages. Seniors on limited incomes. Returning veterans. Those with chronic medical problems. Women and children fleeing abuse. Yet if we work together, we could afford to give all of them their most basic need: food. At Second Harvest, every day our Grocery Rescue Program collects dairy, meat A dollar can give them and produce from grocery stores and retailers that is still fresh and delicious. breakfast, lunch and dinner. We gather donations of wholesome, nutritious food from Albertsons/Vons/ Pavilions, Aldi, Amazon Fresh, Big Lots, Costco Wholesale, Gelson’s, Grocery Not to mention security. Outlet, Ralphs/Food 4 Less, Sprouts, Smart & Final, Starbucks, Target, Trader Joe’s, Walmart/Sam’s Club, and 99 Ranch Market. We also get fresh produce from OC Produce, Veg Fresh, Veg Land, Freida’s and Legacy Farms. In FY 2017, those donations totaled 25.6 million pounds. Next year we plan to add Stater Bros. and Whole Foods. We receive truckloads of packaged, overstocked food from manufacturers and distributors and bulk produce from farmers and packers. We help local companies and organizations stage food drives and we buy basic staple items when necessary. 85% Cost of living in OC is 85% higher than the national average. At the heart of every neighborhood is the local school. It’s where friendships A dollar can give her are made and futures imagined. Now we’ve added another component: a breakfast, lunch and dinner. market that supplies much-needed, free, fresh and staple food. Any neighbor needing food can make an appointment once a week to fill one or two bags with Not to mention hope. meat, dairy, produce, canned goods, toiletries, and paper goods. In FY 2017, we had two Permanent School Pantries that provided 270,495 meals and we opened a third location in November. Next year, we’ll add one more. At 24 other school locations, we provided a Mobile School Pantry once a month. These colorful farmer’s markets offer a wide variety of fresh produce, plus staples, so families can choose the things they need most. This year, we provided more than 1.4 million meals to almost 32,000 families. Next year we will open six more locations in underserved communities. Every afternoon, our Kids Cafe Program continues to provide much-needed meals for kids in after-school and summer programs like those in Boys and Girls Clubs. They offer healthy after-school and summer meals, plus nutrition education to every child we serve. At community centers and houses of worship, our Mobile Pantry and Adopt A Pantry programs provide fresh, nutritious produce and some staple items free to those in need. Last year we made 555 stops at 43 locations, where families could select the food they wanted from a large variety of fresh produce and staples. That’s more than 3.6 million meals, for more than 70,000 families—including more than 142,000 children. 37% 37% of OC neighborhoods are financially unstable. An unexpected car expense. A medical emergency. A lost paycheck. The A dollar can give him majority of American families don’t have enough savings to cover any of these breakfast, lunch and dinner. setbacks. And that’s when our CalFresh Outreach workers help families that qualify to apply for the benefits they need. With these small monthly subsidies, Not to mention dignity. families can purchase their own groceries while they look for work or pay down their bills. This year our CalFresh outreach team helped provide the equivalent of almost 2.5 million meals. If you’ve worked hard all your life, it’s not easy asking for food. Even if you cut back on your medication, there’s still not enough money for groceries. For too many seniors, even a pension and savings can’t cover the rising costs of rent and medicine. Our Senior Grocery Program, in 37 locations, helps to bridge that gap. Volunteers—often those served by the program—help seniors select fresh groceries so they can get by until the end of the month. This year we distributed more than a million meals to almost 6,000 senior households each month. For those who are struggling and often living alone, the Senior Grocery Program doesn’t just provide nutritious meals—it offers conversation and companionship. 8.8% 8.8% of seniors in OC are living in poverty. A dollar can give her But only with your help. Studies show that hungry children do poorly breakfast, lunch and dinner. in school, are sick more often and drop out of school earlier than those who never need to worry about having enough food to eat. So in a very real sense, when you Not to mention a future. feed a child, you are helping to create her future. At Second Harvest, there are many ways you can contribute using your own unique experience. You can: • Lead a Food Drive or a Virtual Food Drive at your office, in your organization, or with your faith community. For the legal community, there’s our Food From The Bar food drive. • Connect us with corporate partners who can donate food, equipment and resources. • Organize a volunteer day with your work group or as an individual to sort donated food in our distribution center. • Bring your kids to volunteer in Izzy’s Corner where they can sort and package food for hungry families. • Attend one of our events like the Harvesters Fashion Show & Luncheon, our “No Lunch” Lunch, Serving Hope Breakfast, and the Associates Board Golf Tournament. • And, of course, you can help us on a one-time or continuing basis by donating funds or other assets. Remember that each of those dollars will be feeding someone three whole meals. >93% Nearly 94 cents of every dollar we spend goes directly to feeding the hungry. By the numbers. We have made significant progress in our efforts to Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County, Inc. Financial Highlights FYE 6-30-17 meet our Bold Goal of feeding all the people in Orange County who need our help by 2025. Here are five hunger milestones you helped us reach in FY 2017: Revenue n • We served 250,000 people each month. Donated Food & Services $ 44,041,078 n Grants & Awards $ 2,417,204 n Contributions $ 2,501,813 • We collected 10.8 million pounds of Grocery Rescue food, n Events & Solicitations $ 2,471,623 up from 8.2 million last year. n Contract Revenue & Participation Fees $ 2,428,843 n Other Income $ 37,594 • We added six new Mobile School Pantries and Total Revenue $53,898,155 one Permanent School Pantry which is offering .1% early evening and Saturday hours to serve more working families. 4.5% • To serve our community partners in North Orange County better, 4.6% we started a mobile food distribution program which 4.6% delivers pallets of food to a central distribution site every Tuesday morning. 4.5% 81.7% • We provided a record 21.6 million meals to the hungry in Orange County. Expenses n Program Services $ 50,932,016 n Fundraising $ 1,781,508 Donated n Management and General $ 1,594,198 • Funds from Individuals, Received Companies, Foundations Total Expenses $54,307,722 Thousands of pounds of • Grocery Rescue Program food every day at our • Food from Individuals, Food Distribution Center Manufacturers, Farmers 2.9% Programs Sorted 3.3% • Kids Cafe: 2,500 meals by 26,000 93.8% served per day volunteers • Mobile & School Pantries: served 1.4 million meals last year* Distributed • Permanent School Pantries: A record 21.6 million 879 households served each month meals to OC families • Senior Groceries: * 87,000 meals last year per month provided *2017 fiscal year Board of Directors Current as of 2/18 Chairman Steve Cech James L. Morris Bob Wolpert Albertsons Companies Rutan & Tucker, LLP Golden State Foods Dave Coffaro Rob Neal CEO Wells Fargo Wealth & Hager Pacific Properties Nicole Suydam Investment Management Vision: To end hunger in Orange County. Alex Parker vision Second Harvest Food Bank Joe Fuszard Harvesters & Redline Detection of Orange County Bank of America Judith Posnikoff Board Members Cindy Goss Pacific Alternative Asset Peter Andres Propel Business Solutions, Inc. Management Company, LLC Society of St. Vincent de Paul Kate Klimow Matthias Weber Kathy Bronstein University of California, Irvine MWBH Solutions, LLP KB Bronstein Merchandising Katherine Le Tracy Bryars Mortgage Service Providers St. Jude Medical Center Advisory Board Chairman A.R.