Note: 1. NON-GOVERNMENT DEFERRED ADJUSTMENT: Second Harvest uses deferred accounting. To show donors this information on a consistent basis, Ci adjusted donations for changes in non-government deferred contributions. This affected revenues by ($238k), ($156k), and ($11.9m) in F2023, F2022, and F2021 respectively. 2. GOVERNMENT DEFERRED ADJUSTMENT: Ci also adjusted revenues by changes in deferred government funding. This affects revenues by ($1.1m), $822k, and ($10.5m) in F2023, F2022, and F2021 respectively. 3. DEFERRED CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS: Ci also removed amortization of deferred capital contributions from revenue. This affected revenues by ($1.2m), ($879k), and ($664k) in F2023, F2022, and F2021 respectively. 4. CAPITAL ASSET CONTRIBUTIONS: Ci also added contributions from deferred capital assets. This affected revenues by $228k, $1.2m, and $4.6m in F2023, F2022, and F2021 respectively.

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Comments provided by Second Harvest October 16, 2020

Feeding Our Future (FOF)

• Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the FOF program pivoted from providing lunches at camp locations to providing kits with proteins, produce and grains plus an activity that were distributed/delivered to families
• 72,500 pounds of food turned into 12,385 activity kits were distributed June through August
• 1,600 families and 2,000 children and youth have received activity kits

Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment & Second Harvest Partnership: Bringing Toronto Back to Its Feet

• MLSE and Second Harvest’s partnership, Bringing Toronto Back to Its Feet, was aimed at supporting front-line health care workers and food shelters
• Every day, 13,000 meals were prepared, allowing us to donate and deliver to food banks and shelters across the GTA
• Over 320,000 take-away meals were prepared and distributed to our GTA-based network

Harvest Kitchens

• With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, all Harvest Kitchen partners halted on-site training programs and operations
• Kitchen partners have not yet been able to resume on-site training
• They eventually resumed to function as emergency food production kitchens, meeting the community need for prepared, individual take-away meals

Food Rescue.ca Emergency Funding

• We were given $11,250,000 by AAFC (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) to distribute to organizations across Canada for COVID-19 relief
• We funded 684 organizations, distributing $10,158,562 across Canada
• Approximately 623,416 individuals were supported by this funding
• 25% of funding directed to Indigenous-led groups/organizations

Sprott Grocery Gift Cards

• Funded 588 organizations
• $6.3 Million in Loblaw grocery gift cards were distributed across Canada
• It is estimated that 445,741 individuals were supported by this funding

North West Company

• 137 communities were funded in 9 provinces and territories, including Indigenous, rural, remote and fly-in communities
• $3.6 Million in food vouchers and food product were distributed to individuals, food banks and Indigenous communities
• An estimated 22,092 families were supported by this funding

Surplus Food Rescue Program

• The Surplus Food Rescue Program is an ongoing program to purchase commodities from farmers and producers and distribute to communities across Canada
• Approximately 2 Million pounds of food has been delivered to date
• 40,225 pounds of food has been delivered so far to Northern communities

Learn More: 2023 Impact Report