Community Agencies

The GVFB provides food support to 130+ local organizations.

What are Agencies?

We provide food to Community and Provincial Agencies on a regular basis. 40% of our outbound food is directed to our Agencies. The support we provide is designed to meet the needs of a variety of programs, from weekly Food Banks supporting hundreds of people to monthly community kitchens helping a handful. Our Agencies include housing agencies, neighbourhood houses, community kitchen groups, after-school programs, transition houses, First Nations centers, large food banks and many others.

How We Support Agencies

Funding

We are thrilled to provide funding opportunities to our Agencies through a Grant Program. In this way we can offer sustainable support and long-lasting impact to our community. In 2022, we provided over $300,000 in grant funding to 67 Agencies towards their food security initiatives for refrigeration, kitchen equipment, program labour, and food purchasing. We will continue to offer grant opportunities annually based on the availability of funds.

Food Support

We are proud to provide nutritious food to our existing Agency Partners through various programs, including our Community Market, Community Capacity and Provincial Pallet Programs. We also support non-partnered Agencies through our Market Request Program. As of May 2023, we have provided more than 3 million lbs. of food to our Agencies in the FY 2023.

Agency Partner Requests

Are you a non-profit and in need of food support to improve food security programming for those in need? If so, we’re here to help! For local (Vancouver, Burnaby, New West) support, please see further details in the link below. For Provincial (BC) support, please contact [email protected]

Community Market Requests

Do you need food support to improve food security programming for those in need? If so, we’re here to help!

You do not need to be a partner to access this program. This program is open to any non-profit organization within our catchment areas that holds a registered charity number. Please note that your request’s approval is contingent upon your program meeting the specified qualifications.

To access this program, please download and complete the form below.

Additional Resources

The following resources provide important information for our Community Agencies: