Donate With Confidence
Donate With Confidence
The GVFB is committed to our vision to create healthy communities through fair and effective food systems. With a renewed focus of charting a path of food recovery and waste reduction, we are working toward the diversion of nutritious, fresh food from our provincial landfills, becoming part of a more sustainable solution to food insecurity.
The GVFB is an A+ five-star rated charity through Charity Intellegence.
The GVFB was named a Top 10 Food Bank Charity by Charity Intelligence for the last 3 years.
2022-2024
The GVFB was named a Top 100 Charity by Charity Intelligence for the last 6 years.
2019-2024
Named a Top Charity in MoneySense’s Best Charities to Donate to for Impact in Canada 2023.
Rated one of Canada’s Best Charities 2020: Top 100 by Maclean’s.
Read our feature article in Maclean’s 2023.
BC's Top Employers
The GVFB is proud to be recognized as one of BC’s Top Employers 3 years in a row.
The GVFB is a certified living wage employer. This recognizes our commitment to paying fair wages, upholding good work standards for our employees and contributing to poverty reduction and a higher standard of living in our community.
In 2024 the GVFB was also listed in The Career Directory Canada’s Best Employers for Recent Graduates. This is Canada’s longest-running guide for recent graduates looking for employment.
Awards & Achievements
The GVFB and our Development team received the 2024 Charity Village award for our Monthly Donor Fundraising in the category of Best Non-Profit Employer – Fundraising Campaign.
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Our CEO, David Long, is a three-time awarded Business in Vancouver’s Top 500 Most Influential Business Leaders in BC.
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The GVFB was recognized in the 2023 Business Distinction Awards, under the category of Community Impact for a Non-Profit Organization.
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