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 2023-24, our members provided assistance to 974,683 people in 35 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 2020-2024 PEOPLE COUNTRIES $ ASSISTANCE 2020 overall 866,000 34 45,774,754 Humanitarian food & nutrition 441,943 19 27,371,476 Long-term development 423,778 23 14,027,131 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 -
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 2023-2024 include:
- Number of crisis-affected individuals who had increased access to food – 293,414
- Number of pregnant and nursing women, boys and girls receiving therapeutic food, supplementary food, and/or micronutrient supplements – 34,681
- Metric tonnes of food distributed – 17,806 metric tonnes (39,255,510 pounds)
- Value of cash and/or food vouchers distributed – $15,172,435
- 1,543 metric tons of Vitamin A enriched oil distributed to 296,927 people and 190 metric tons of iodized salt distributed to 186,004 people
- 25,927 mothers and caregivers were trained in infant and young child feeding practices.
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Learning from partner staff on the frontlines
Sector evidence is increasingly revealing a significant mental health toll experienced by humanitarian workers in the line of duty. Local partner staff working on the frontlines of crisis environments often experience these challenges most acutely, but have the least access to psychosocial services. Foodgrains Bank, its members and their local partners are making concerted efforts to better understand these challenges and what steps of support should be implemented.
Recently, local partners have made changes to adapt to this challenge.
For example, in Haiti where violent conflict, road closures, and economic instability continue to threaten the work of humanitarian agencies, Presbyterian World Service & Development’s local partner Zanmi Lasante (ZL) has developed systems to support the mental health of staff operating in a tremendously challenging context. These extra supports have included regular staff consultations with a psychologist, and a system where staff work for longer blocks followed by longer rest periods to allow them to better recuperate.
“Contrary to other work, where after a person gets home at 4 or 5 p.m. it is over, but for me it feels like work is never over,” revealed ZL staff member Dr. Alain Casséus, showing how local partners are often dealing with the impacts of the humanitarian crisis in their personal lives as well. “There is always something to do or an issue to manage. It can impact life at home and create issues with one’s spouse for example, or make children feel like too much time is taken by the work you are doing.”
To build on the experience of partners and scale-up responses to meet the needs of partner staff, Foodgrains Bank has adapted its project templates to enable partners to outline plans for psychosocial care for their staff. Additionally, partners are encouraged to budget appropriately for this, including for psychosocial support systems or training. Foodgrains Bank also ensures its own staff has adequate access to support for any traumatic events they might experience.