2024 Impact Report
Thanks to your support in 2024, the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank and our partner agencies were able to provide food to an average of
900,000 People
each month.
2024 Philanthropic Impact Report
With your generous support, in 2024, the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank provided 130 million pounds of food and other products to at-risk children, seniors, adults and families in Los Angeles County. Participants received enough nutritious food for approximately 105 million meals.
Your support for the Food Bank is critical.
Thank you for making a difference for people throughout LA County who struggle with food insecurity.
25,000
VOLUNTEERS DONATED
THEIR TIME
130 million
pounds of food and Product distributed
105 million
Meals provided to those in need
$1 Goes A Long Way
For each $1 donated, 96% goes directly to support programs and provide food assistance to children, seniors, individuals and families throughout Los Angeles County.
Your participation allowed the Food Bank and our partner agencies to provide nutritious food to people throughout Los Angeles County and support families struggling with food insecurity in 2024.
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With your support, the Food Bank achieved the following outcomes in 2024:
The CalFresh Outreach Program helped eligible low-income individuals and families gain access to nutritious food through the California Department of Social Services CalFresh Program. We assisted clients in submitting 2,109 CalFresh applications.
We conducted Mobile Food Pantry distributions in accessible locations across Los Angeles County, including Drive-Through Food Distributions that served thousands of households. The Mobile Food Pantry Program distributed over 2.7 million pounds of nutritious food to over 516,000 people at 272 distributions at 35 sites.
The Extra Helpings Program rescued millions of pounds of food that would otherwise go to waste and distributed it to those in need. In 2024, Extra Helpings connected 215 partner agencies to donated food from 558 local donors, such as grocery stores, restaurants and bakeries. Agencies rescued 29.4 million pounds of food for distribution to those in need.
We increased access to nutritious food in underserved communities by supplying food and products to our network of more than 600 partner agencies. Our partners include food pantries, soup kitchens, senior centers, youth centers, homeless shelters, faith-based organizations, and community colleges, among others. In 2024, 1.5 million diapers were distributed to 28,200 households through our agency network.
The Nutrition Education Program promoted healthy eating and lifestyle choices through engaging classes, activities and outreach. The Food Bank’s Health Educators conducted live online recipe demonstrations and nutrition classes attended by 1,211 pantry participants. In addition to live classes, we recorded 63 recipe videos in English and Spanish featuring simple, healthy ingredients. The videos are available on the Food Bank’s YouTube channel.
Children's Nutrition Programs
Program Snapshot:
In 2024, the Food Bank provided healthy breakfasts, after-school meals, lunches, grocery kits and fresh produce to 5,836 children on a daily, weekly or monthly basis at 56 unique sites throughout Los Angeles County.
Our Children’s Nutrition Programs included:
The Afterschool Meal and Summer Lunch Programs distributed 63,205 prepared meals to children in need, including healthy breakfasts, lunches, and after-school meals.
The BackPack Program provided grocery kits containing 817,713 pounds of nutritious food to at-risk children at high-need schools in the Los Angeles and Compton Unified School Districts.
The Children’s Breakfast Program distributed kits containing 128,351 pounds of healthy breakfast foods such as oatmeal, pancake mix, and dried fruit.
Client Voices
Thomas J. Lynch is the Principal at Friends of St. Lawrence, a trusted partner of the Food Bank that has been serving the Watts community for over 20 years. The center is dedicated to bolstering the welfare and education of students and their families, including providing essential food and nutrition assistance.
Thomas shared, “At St. Lawrence, 80% of students benefit from the food we receive from the Food Bank. In order for our kids to achieve success, we have to offer these programs. We’re blessed to have this partnership with the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank. In urban Los Angeles, it’s tough to live paycheck-to-paycheck, and many of us do. This food program is vital not just for the kids but to the families in our community.”
Senior Nutrition Programs
Program Snapshot:
In 2024, the Food Bank’s Senior Nutrition Programs and Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) distributed 9.4 million pounds of nutritious food to more than 52,000 low-income seniors and vulnerable older adults each month across Los Angeles County.
Program Activities Included:
Delivering groceries directly to the homes of food-insecure seniors, with help from delivery partners as well as our own vehicles and drivers.
Providing food to 117 senior-focused partner agencies, including senior centers and senior housing sites. In addition to supplying food, we supported our partner agencies with equipment such as cold storage, expanding agencies’ capacity to help more seniors in need over the years to come.
Client Voices
Chong is a senior who attends the food distribution at Immanuel Presbyterian Church, a proud Food Bank partner agency in Koreatown. She attends this distribution weekly to help feed herself and her family of four. Although she is retired, her husband is not due to the high living cost in our County.
“My husband, he’s supposed to be retired, but he continues to work. Because we live in Los Angeles, rent is so high that he cannot retire; he has to work to support the family. I’m retired, so I’m doing something for my family, and the Food Bank helps.”
Spotlight on Nutrition
Across our programs, the Food Bank prioritizes providing nutritious food to our participants, including items like whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy and lean proteins.
30%
Fresh Produce
In 2024, 30% of the food distributed was fresh produce.
95%
Nutritious Food
A majority of the food we distributed was rated as nutritious according to the USDA-based nutrition ranking system CHOP (Choose Healthy Options Program).
38M
Pounds of PRODUCE
Over 38 million pounds of fresh produce was distributed through our direct programs and our partner agencies, providing families and individuals access to this critical source of nutrition.