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2015 - 2016 ANNUAL REPORT
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Feeding Tampa Bay On behalf of the board of directors, and the staff of Feeding Tampa Bay, we are pleased to offer our annual report to the community. 2015/2016 was a dramatic year for Feeding Tampa Bay across the mission as a whole. As you will see in the report, much has happened, and much still lies ahead of us. Our role as the main food relief provider in the Tampa Bay community is an obligation we work hard to live into. We are keenly aware that as our capability grows, so too does the capability of the 500 plus agency partners we work with and who rely upon us. We also understand that hunger is an issue about which there is far too little attention and that part of our work is to bring awareness to the challenge of food insecurity. These two key focuses - to ensure that all are fed, and to lead the community in the fight against hunger - are the cornerstones of our 3-year strategic plan launched this past year. Be Food Forward, as we call our strategic plan, is a map that leads us to food security for the over 700,000 people we serve in the Tampa Bay region. Year one was a great success and we are already into year two of our plan. Healthy food is the cornerstone to our lives. With food everything is possible; good grades for a child, a retirement that is not spent in a doctors’ office, and family stability and welfare. Our goal at Feeding Tampa Bay is to make this possible. We are happy to say that we made greater in-roads to this goal in the last year. All of this work was done in partnership with so many – our board and committee members, our staff, our thousands of volunteers, our donors of both funds and food and our agency collaborators. We are so pleased to stand with each and every one as we fight hunger in our community.
ACPNR (Agency, Capacity, Programs, Nutrition & Research) COMMITTEE Chairman
Dr. David Himmelgreen, USF – Department of Anthropology
Members
Mike Daigle, Kiwanis & The Mosaic Company Dr. Lauri Wright, PhD, RDN, LD, USF – College of Public Health Roy Williams, College Hill Mennonite Dr. Karen Besterman-Dahan, James A. Haley VA Medical Center Rick Bennett, Florida Blue Andrew Warren, State Attorney Office Linda Plaster, 100 Hearts 1 Mission Foundation & MediNcrease Health Plans
Clara Lawhead, Pasco County Florida Dr. Tara Deubel, USF – Department of Anthropology Dr. Becky Zarger, USF – Department of Anthropology Charlotte Nobel, USF – Student Sylvia Kapous, Feeding Tampa Bay Clarissa Rain, Feeding Tampa Bay
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Chairman
Patrick Owings, ChappellRoberts
Members
Bill Abercrombie, Tampa Bay Lightning Debra Faulk, Wells Fargo Suzanne Oaks Brownstein, Temin and Company Douglas Reller, Morgan Stanley Tom Haines, Epicurean Hotel Cheryl Thole, USF - Center for Urban Transportation Research Hunter Taylor, ChappellRoberts Keith Cate, News Channel 8 WFLA
Thomas Mantz, Feeding Tampa Bay Karen Griffin, Feeding Tampa Bay Jayci Peters, Feeding Tampa Bay Megan Carlson, Feeding Tampa Bay Joyce Endaya, Feeding Tampa Bay Maxine Rice, Feeding Tampa Bay Shane Holman, Feeding Tampa Bay Steven Heiser, Harvard Jolly, Inc.
FINANCE COMMITTEE Chairman
Tim Merrick, MetLife, Inc.
Members
Jenna Nelson, Sykes Enterprises, Inc. Robert Greenhalgh, Toshiba Business Solutions
Thomas Mantz, Feeding Tampa Bay Kathy Whetsell, Feeding Tampa Bay
Thank you! GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE Chairman
JoLynn Lokey, Visit Tampa Bay
Jenna Nelson Board Chair
Thomas Mantz Executive Director
Members
Kathy Whetsell, Feeding Tampa Bay
OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chairman Chairman
Jenna Nelson, Sykes Enterprises, Inc.
Vice-Chairman Todd Wickner
Immediate Past-Chairman
Richard Blau, GrayRobinson, P.A.
Secretary
Connie Detrick, Detrick Consulting
Treasurer
Tim Merrick, MetLife, Inc.
Members
Patrick Owings, ChappellRoberts JoLynn Lokey, Visit Tampa Bay Dr. David Himmelgreen, USF – Department of Anthropology Dana Ludwig, Brown & Brown of Florida, Inc. Bill Abercrombie, Tampa Bay Lightning Robert Bucciarelli Keith Cate, News Channel 8 WFLA Debra Faulk, Wells Fargo Eddie Garcia, Winn-Dixie Orlando Region Robert Greenhalgh, Toshiba Business Solutions Steven Heiser, Harvard Jolly, Inc. Chuck Sykes, Sykes Enterprises, Inc. Eileen Stuart, Mosaic Company Clara Lawhead, Pasco County Florida Melissa Powell, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network Thomas Scott David Freitas, Deloitte & Touche LLP Steve Ellis, Publix Super Markets
Todd Wickner
Members
Robert Bucciarelli Steve Ellis, Publix Super Markets Patrick Monile, US Foods, Inc. Lindy Miller, Bloomin Brands Benson McClure, Wal-Mart, Inc.
Eddie Garcia, Winn-Dixie Orlando Region Jason Bamberger, Publix Super Markets Michelle Williamson, G&F Farms & Florida Farm Bureau
STRATEGIC COMMITTEE Chairman
Jenna Nelson, Sykes Enterprises, Inc.
Members
Todd Wickner Tim Merrick, MetLife, Inc. JoLynn Lokey, Visit Tampa Bay Patrick Owings, ChappellRoberts
Thomas Mantz, Feeding Tampa Bay Karen Griffin, Feeding Tampa Bay Sylvia Kapous, Feeding Tampa Bay
Be Food Forward
The way Feeding Tampa Bay is thinking about hunger is evolving. Just feeding people is not a long-term solution. We need to change the equation. We know that we cannot put forth yesterday’s ideas and expect to alleviate today’s challenges. We must continue to work smarter, using modern tools and technology to nourish our communities. We have to look ahead. We have to Be Food Forward.
Be Food Forward, Feeding Tampa Bay’s 3-year strategic plan, was launched in September 2014 and aligns Feeding Tampa Bay’s operations under three main themes:
FOOD = HEALTH Feeding Tampa Bay, at the intersection between hunger and health.
Engage and mobilize the public and our partnership community
Innovate and optimize capacity to facilitate growth
Create healthier outcomes for the individuals and families we serve
Hunger is a health issue. It is a well-known fact that a healthy nutritious diet gives your body the nutrients it needs to maintain wellness and fight disease leading to healthier life outcomes. However the reverse, especially as it pertains to food insecurity, is often left out of the conversation: food insecurity and poor nutrition intake leads to poor health outcomes and increases the likelihood of developing chronic diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and depression, to name a few. In the United States:
All of the efforts within these three areas of focus will allow Feeding Tampa Bay to build the capacity and growth it needs to get to a hunger-free Tampa Bay (115 million meals delivered each year) by 2025.
Chronic disease affects approximately 133 million Americans, representing more than 40% of the total population. By 2020 that number is projected to grow to an estimated 157 million. More than 75% of all health care costs are due to chronic disease conditions, with only seven chronic diseases having a $1.3 trillion impact on the economy. Research from USDA ERS and Brandeis indicates that health-related costs attributable to food insecurity is estimated to be greater than $160 billion annually.
A recent RWJF survey indicates that 85% of physicians point to unmet social needs, such as lack of access to nutritious food, is directly leading to worse health. Doctors attest that access to nutritious food plays an important role in illness recovery and disease prevention. Study after study demonstrates that access to nutritious food is an imperative for individuals to be healthy, and consistent access will surely lead to long-term health and economic vitality of our communities. Therefore, it is accurate to say that food equals health, and by continuing to provide nutritious meals into our service area, Feeding Tampa Bay is bridging the gap between hunger and health leading to improved health outcomes in our communities.
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In Feeding Tampa Bay’s service area, 700,000 people, including 250,000 children and 133,000 seniors, are food insecure. Research shows that children who do not get enough nutritious food become sick more often, have poor overall health and experience limited intellectual, physical, and emotional development – negatively impacting their future and the health of their communities. Among seniors, limited access to nutritious food leads to higher incidences of chronic disease and the associated life-threatening complications. Regardless of age, lack of access to nutritious food takes a significant toll on the health and well-being of our communities.
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Hunger Action Alliance
The University of South Florida is the leading research institution in the region and Feeding Tampa Bay is the leading hunger relief network. It makes sense that the two powerhouses would combine their expertise and leverage resources to develop innovative solutions that will have a lasting impact on the fight against hunger. The primary goal of the partnership is to fundamentally alter the health of our community by creating an ongoing, collaborative model where the effects of hunger can be studied, understood and ultimately changed. The partnership will combine research, active education, training and deployment of programs.
The ultimate vison of the two organizations is to lead a regional coalition of like-minded partners from other industry sectors – such as healthcare, insurance and social services – all of whom will work in collaboration towards the creation of a hunger-free Tampa Bay. Combined with these issue-specific partners, the Alliance will also seek to engage other corporate and civic entities who support the cause of hunger in Tampa
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“There is a lot of research to show that kids who go to school hungry, have lower attention spans and are more likely to have behavioral problems and, depending on their age, this can have a long-lasting effect on their health and well-being, on cognitive development, even their physical growth,” said Dr. David Himmelgreen, professor of Anthropology at the University of South Florida.
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2015-2016 PROGRAM RESULTS # of Sites
Total Sent
Total Meals
Individuals Impacted
30 3 4 5
50,786 4,451 591 1,591
253,930 58,979 591 1,591
5,500 1,915 53 235
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57,419
315,091
7,703
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4,190
14,765
925
Total Sent
Total Lbs
Total Meals
Households Impacted
89
774,980
645,816
21,285
Child Programs
Backpacks School Pantries Summer Meals After School Meals Senior Programs DISH (Directly Impacting Senior Health)
Program - Family Mobile Pantries
LAST YEAR, FEEDING TAMPA BAY PROVIDED 40 MILLION MEALS TO OUR FOOD INSECURE NEIGHBORS “We’re not interested in the kind of research that just sits on the shelf or in an academic journal, we really want to do research that makes a difference in our community and so when these guys came forward with this opportunity it was the natural thing for us to do.” - Dean Eisenberg USF, College of Arts & Sciences
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empower
15,600+ VOLUNTEERS contributed 46,848 HOURS adding workforce labor valued at
$1.1 MILLION Feeding Tampa Bay (FTB) implemented the Agency Empowered Retail Program (AERP), which links FTB’s agency partners directly to retail partners. By encouraging fresh, perishable food donations from retail partners, food gets into the community faster, safer and more efficiently. This is because the agency partner picks up donated food directly from the store rather than FTB trucks. AERP also enables a smarter use of resources such as working with local farmers.
PHASE I
Rolled out in Pinellas County Resulted in a 10% increase in donations from 50+ stores
PHASE II
Increased Agency Capacity
FTB sourced and distributed cooling blankets, thermometers, scales, freezers and coolers
2015-2016
financial review Revenue
Donated Food / Household Items Contributions
$76,600,104 $2,006,671
Special Events
$316,295
Government Contracts
$646,109
Shared Maintenance Premier Product Program Programs (grants) Assets Total Revenue
$651,346 $59,546 $571,050 $147,716 $80,998,837
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financial donors
$100,000+
5,000,000+ lbs
Bank of America Foundation Ebersbach Irrevocable Trust Gary Johnson / Unipress Rick and Nancy Moskovitz Foundation Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc. The Spurlino Foundation Walmart Foundation
Publix Supermarkets Walmart
$25,000 - $99,999 C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Florida Blue General Mills The Grainger Foundation HSBC Junior League of Tampa Bay Kellogg's Company Laser Spine Institute LLC MetLife Mosaic Company Foundation The Salvation Army Steve Shevlin / Compulink Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated Tampa Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau, Inc. TECO Energy The Triad Foundation WaWa WellCare Health Plans, Inc. Wells Fargo
$15,000 - $24,999 ConAgra Costco Disney Strategic Produce General Mills Foundation Kraft Foods Group The New York Yankees Foundation, Inc. Produce for Kids Taste of the NFL Unilever Todd and Rita Wickner
$7,500 - $14,999
Expenses Food Distribution Programs
$80,576,843
Fundraising
$482,363
Management and General
$252,382
food donors
AFLAC/DSC Allegany Franciscan Ministries The Benevity Community Impact Fund Boys and Girls Clubs of Tampa Bay Brown and Brown Insurance - Pinellas Division CAE USA, Inc. Campbell Soup Dale Dunham ESPN Gray Robinson, P.A. Russell and Jeannette Harms Humana Jane Imboden and Robert Hogan Mabel and Ellsworth Simmons Charitable Foundation, Inc. Panera Cares Community Bread Box Program PepsiCo The Pub Waterfront Restaurant Rays Baseball Foundation Red Nose Day The Rotary Club of New Tampa Foundation Sodexo The TJX Company The TJX Foundation, Inc. United HealthCare Services, Inc United Way of Lake & Sumter Counties The USAA Foundation, Inc.
1,000,000 - 4,999,999 lbs C&S Wholesale Grocers Gordon's Food Service Sam's Clubs Sunset Growers US Foods Winn-Dixie Supermarkets (Southeastern Grocers)
500,000 - 999,999 lbs Bimbo Bakeries CVS/Carolina Logistics McLane's Carolina Logistics RMS Target
100,000 - 499,999 lbs Aldi BJ Grocery Stores Coca-Cola Flowers Baking Company Harvest Hill Beverage Company HMS Host Performance Food Group Save-A-Lot Trader Joes Tropicana
25,000 - 99,999 lbs Ayco Arizona C & D Farms Caito Foods Cal-Maine Foods Cott Beverage Diversified Foods Goodson Farms Hinton Farms/Elite Produce Jones Potato Farm Kraft Foods New World Pasta Peace River Packaging Riviana Russell Stover Candies Saddle Creek Scot Lynn Seabord Seitenbacher Seneca Foods Sizemore Sweet Disposition Thomas Townsend Brothers Farms Troyer Brothers Tyson Foods Veg King International Young Guns Produce
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In the spring we educated our community about the 1 in 4 children in who go to bed hungry and inspired them to take action through community-wide food drives with partners like Macy’s and Ice Cold Air Discount Auto Repair. In partnership with WTSP Channel 10 News, Feeding Tampa Bay hosted a breakfast-themed food drive campaign called “Cereal for Summer” to rally support for children who are exceptionally vulnerable to hunger during the summer months. Our community responded by collecting more than 20,000 boxes of cereal, providing more than 260,000 meals to local children!
Feeding Tampa Bay received an anonymous gift of $100,000 offered as a match to help provide summer meals for children - as part of the Nourish to Flourish Campaign. We also received funds from the Red Nose Day Fund, HSBC, C&S Wholesale Grocers, and General Mills Foundation for child hunger, totaling nearly $250,000.
Fresh produce is becoming the new trend in food banking. Specifically, our produce initiatives grew through new partnerships to help us provide more fresh, vitamin-rich foods into the Tampa Bay area. Partners in this area include Allegany Franciscan Ministries (AFM) and Walmart. AFM gave funds to create a fresh food collection program ($200k to collection, $20k to research) – named From Farm to Fork – that will deliver over 2 million pounds of produce in the coming year. This is a tremendous 20% increase of fresh produce and allows us to better serve our agency partners and our community. Disney funds supported vital planning initiatives ($20k) related to produce capture that enabled portions of the Be Food Forward plan, and Walmart state funding provided for a major expansion ($100k) of FTB’s cold storage which will almost double its capacity to store fresh foods.
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We constantly strive to provide the most nutritious and health-conscious products to food insecure individuals in our distribution area. As part of this commitment, we are developing a “clean room” environment in our facility. This clean room will have two separate climate-controlled areas; one for sorting proteins (meat, poultry, etc.) and one for sorting fresh fruits and vegetables. Having these temperature-specific areas in a clean, enclosed environment will further allow us to serve those in need in the safest way possible.
Publix Trailers
One of the biggest challenges we have as a food bank is finding front-line capacity for distribution to the communities we serve. There are many people in our community willing to lean into the problem of hunger with us, but sometimes they do not have the resources available to ensure that they can provide safe, healthy foods to those in need. Through a grant from Publix, we are purchasing pull-behind refrigerated trailers to distribute into our agency network. These trailers (large enough to hold more than 3 pallets of food) will help our agency partners pick up, store and deliver fresh produce and other perishable items in a safe, temperature-controlled environment.
Mobility & Accessibility
One thing vital to Feeding Tampa Bay’s core mission is growth in our ability to secure and physically move more food throughout our territory. Partners including Publix and Grainger have significantly impacted our operational capacity with donations of a truck and forklifts.
In order to better serve the hard-working families who just don’t have enough to make ends meet, Feeding Tampa Bay has to rethink the way we provide food to the community. We have to bring nutritious food to individuals at the locations they are already near and during times when they can access it - when school dismisses, in the evenings, on the weekends. Our model in the future will be far different than that of the past and we already have funds and plans in place to bring more programs to more families in the evenings and on the weekends.
Innovation
Thanks to the generosity from donors like the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay, Feeding Tampa Bay has developed innovative partnerships and brought new ideas to food relief. This unique venture, partnering Goodwill-Suncoast and Feeding Tampa Bay takes job training, food distribution, and the creation of healthy communities to a whole new level. Nutritious foods (both fresh and shelf stable) will be delivered via a “pop-up style market/mobile grocery store” to local food deserts. This provides an opportunity to get into areas that are underserved and impacted by barriers like food costs, mobility, transportation, and language. In addition to providing much needed food to those in need, the initiative will serve as a food service training mobile unit for Goodwill-Suncoast. Goodwill clients with disabilities will receive training in food preparation, packaging, inventory and food distribution (key skills in the food service industry) and, as a result, will staff the My Mobile Market truck.
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Special thanks to Joanna Wickner for dedicating her time to make this annual report possible.