Financial Accountability
Our commitment to financial transparency
Canadian Foodgrains Bank has always made open financial transparency a key principle of our organization. We are committed to accounting for every penny donated to our agency and tracking how it is used in our efforts to end world hunger. The board has an active audit and finance committee that provides oversight, the accounts are audited by a national audit firm, and financial reviews are conducted of projects in the field. You can also see some highlights from this past year.
Annual reports
In 2024-25, our members provided assistance to 1,176,111 people in 37 countries. This annual report provides a summary of our humanitarian and development work, along with our work to engage Canadians and government decision-makers. Complete details can be seen below.
Some highlights we would like to share
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See how we spent the money you have entrusted to us
Take a look to see what percentage of our budget we spent on serving people in our mission to end global hunger.
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Five years of working to end global hunger
BUDGETED 2021-2025 PEOPLE COUNTRIES $ ASSISTANCE 2021 overall 989,000 33 43,013,230 Humanitarian food & nutrition 337,031 18 28,360,285 Long-term development 568,324 21 12,500,516 2022 overall 939,447 34 52,500,00 Humanitarian food & nutrition 402,072 19 37,130,048 Long-term development 442,373 24 12,590,346 2023 overall 1,103,795 36 79,854,755 Humanitarian food & nutrition 617,008 21 57,956,268 Long-term development 343,992 23 14,395,870 2024 overall 974,683 35 68,344,439 Humanitarian food & nutrition 333,922 16 43,693,971 Long-term development 523,127 24 25,896,180 2025 overall 1,176,111 37 74,574,232 Humanitarian food & nutrition 556,270 17 31,759,210 Long-term development 531,367 26 28,006,122 -
Here are some tangible numbers from our Emergency Food and Nutrition work
The Government of Canada continued to support our emergency food and nutrition assistance through a multi year grant. In certain emergency situations, we’re keeping people from slipping into disaster levels of hunger by sustaining their immediate access to food.
Some highlights from this Government of Canada supported work in 2024-25 include:
- Number of crisis-affected individuals who had increased access to food – 197,020
- Number of pregnant and nursing women, boys and girls receiving therapeutic food, supplementary food, and/or micronutrient supplements – 11,956
- Metric tonnes of food distributed – 5,024 metric tonnes (11,076,024 pounds)
- Value of cash and/or food vouchers distributed – $3,736,044
- 11,479 mothers and caregivers were trained in infant and young child feeding practices.
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Learning to adapt quickly to unexpected crises
In a world where crises are becoming more frequent and complex, the ability for locally-based partners to adapt quickly and at scale is not just important – it is indispensable to effective response and long-term resilience.
At Canadian Foodgrains Bank, a significant portion of our programming takes place in fragile contexts where shocks and disruptions such as natural disasters or political upheaval are common.
One of the most significant shifts we’re making as a network to adapt to these external challenges is building in crisis modifiers as long-term development projects are being designed. While we’ve always responded to emergencies and projects are flexible to adapt to changing needs and contexts, this new mechanism provides pre-approved project funding in the event of sudden onset crises like earthquakes or cyclones which enhances the ability of our members’ local partners to respond even faster to the communities they are already serving.
These quick, targeted responses will help communities and families from taking too many steps backwards from the gains they made during the long-term project because of the crisis.
To learn about how crisis modifiers are impacting our ability to respond in the event of unexpected crisis, click here for the full article.