ABOUT LOAVES & FISHES

Loaves and Fishes’ free meal program in Minnesota began in

1982, with one dining site each in Minneapolis and St. Paul. The

majority of our sites are located throughout the Twin Cities metro

area. We are now present in seven counties, serving urban, rural,

and suburban residents.

19 Additional

summer sites

28 Open to the public sites

695,700+ Meals served

in 2017

10,000+ Volunteers

2017 Annual Report

While the name “Loaves and Fishes” was initially taken from scripture, we are not a religious organization.

We serve without regard to religious perspective and do not engage in activities that promote any particular religious cause.

HUNGER IN MINNESOTA

1 in 10 Minnesota households lack access to

adequate food

1/3 of Minnesota school children qualify for

free or reduced lunch

100 million meals are missed by Minnesotans each

year because of need, even when food assistance programs are factored

92% rise in suburban poverty within the metro

area from 2000 to 2013

Hunger costs the state of Minnesota $1.6 billion every year

Central Office

721 Kasota Ave SE, Minneapolis MN 55414

Key Staff Cathy Maes, Executive Director

Patti Sinykin, Director of Development

Kiley Benson, Director of Operations

Rachel Friesen, Director of Sites

Lonny Evans, Director of Volunteers & Outreach

Melissa Cavanaugh, Grants & Communications

Kimberly Greene-Delanghe, Farm Manager

Garrett Kratz, Warehouse and Logistics

Baron Broschat, Accountant

Susan Rosenberg, Office Manager

Our Mission To provide nutritious meals to people who are hungry across Minnesota in an atmosphere of hospitality at site locations where the need is greatest.

Our Vision We are guided by our vision that all people, regardless of socioeconomic, cultural or ethnic background deserve to meet their basic needs for food, dignity and respect. It is only then that self-esteem and empowerment can move individuals to independence.

Our Core Values Everyone is entitled to a meal with dignity. Respect for others and self is the only requisite at our sites.

Our Guests We serve a diverse community in the areas where missing meals are the greatest. The people who dine with us are newborns to seniors of every race, religion and creed.

Our Current Meal Programs “Open to the Public” Meal Program: We operate 28 “open to the public” dining locations, serving anyone in need. These sites are

housed at churches and community centers. They offer a level of hospitality inherent to building strong communities, in part by

providing an opportunity for safe social interaction. Our healthy meals are served on a routine schedule that can be relied upon

by our guests, stretching limited financial resources for life’s other necessities.

Street Outreach Meal Program: We bring healthy “mobile” meals to 7 urban locations – serving 4,000 meals weekly and growing. Our

street outreach meal program routinely goes where those who are disenfranchised live, serving homeless populations that cannot

attend our dining sites due to age, disabilities, health restrictions, and/or transportation.

Child Nutrition Meal Program: Nutritious meals served via the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) offered in conjunction with the

Department of Education, for children who qualify for free or reduced lunches. We served 31,951 summer meals to

children in 2017. We also serve healthy meals and snacks to children attending after-school and youth programs year-round. This

programming fills a dietary gap for children while also curbing the rising rates of child obesity and related health issues and instil-

ling healthy eating habits at a young age.

The HUB Meal Program: In March 2018, we successfully completed a pilot to become the state’s first re-distributor of Second

Harvest Heartland food. Called The HUB, we supply fresh food to partnering nonprofits located in areas of great need. Our

original pilot partnership base of four nonprofits is expected to grow to 30-40 by year’s end (2018). Partnering nonprofits

benefit from significant cost savings in their food budget, convenience of food pick-up, enhanced selection of fresh produce and

the ability to more fully focus staff and resources on programming. Their clients benefit from improved nutritional content of

meals served and a strengthening of core missions like addition recovery, safe shelter and domestic violence prevention.

Board Members

Steve Ripple, Board Chair Procter and Gamble Jason Burnett, Vice Chair SpartanNash Charlie Gits, Treasurer UBS Financial Douglas Hlavacek, Secretary Ecolab Michael Degen Nortech Systems, Inc., retired Jay Gerzak RBA Consulting Mark Hoiland Central Bank Brian Numainville Retail Feedback Group MaryFrances Schurb Unisys Jeremy Striffler Cushman & Wakefield Emily Schmitz Thrivent Financial Paula Graff Nortech

Expenses

LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS

Liabilities

Accounts Payable $48,703

Accrued Payroll and Payroll

Taxes $53,845

Deferred Revenue $10,330

Deferred Rent $11,451

Bank Line of Credit $100,000

Note Payable $11,304

Total Liabilities $235,633

Net Assets

Unrestricted $499,633

Temporarily Restricted $35,331

Total Net Assets $534,964

TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS $770,597

ASSETS

Cash and Cash Equivalents $63,863

Investments $509,851

Contributions Receivable $17,936

Prepaid Expense $19,018

Equipment $159,929

TOTAL ASSETS $770,597

Financial Statement FY17 Annual Budget (Actual): $2,586,140

In-Kind Food Donations

Foundations

Individuals

Government

United Way

(Donor Designated)

Business

Faith-Based Organizations

& Earned Income/Other

Rent

Administration & Operation

Assets and Liabilities

Functional Expenses

Commodities & Services

Program Services

Management and General

Fundraising

In-Kind Contributed Facilities

In-Kind Contributed Facilities

Revenues

Personnel

$9 out of $10 spent on Programming

In-Kind Food

Donations

Our Support

Foundations

We are supported very generously by: individuals, foundations,

community groups, corporations, United Way, and Hennepin County.

Businesses & Sponsors We are also supported by numerous collaboratives and other civic clubs

Baillon Family Foundation Bieber Family Foundation BNSF Railway Foundation Buuck Family Foundation Canterbury Park Holding Corporation Casey Albert T. O'Neil Foundation CH Robinson Company Charity Incorporated Comcast Foundation Deluxe Corporation Foundation Edina Realty Foundation Edwards Memorial Trust Emil & Emily Slowinski Fund of the St. Paul Foundation General Mills Foundation George and Maja Adolfson Memorial Fund Greater Cincinnati Foundation H.E. and Helen Warren Family Foundation Hardenbergh Foundation Heimerman Family Charitable Fund Hennepin South Services Holden Family Foundation Hugh J. Andersen Foundation Hutter Family Foundation IWJ Charitable Foundation Jaye and Betty Dyer Foundation Kopp Family Foundation Marcus McCoy Foundation Margaret Rivers Fund Michael and Donna Kaplan Foundation Mike and Linda Fiterman Family Foundation Morsman Family Foundation

Noll Family Foundation Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless Otto Bremer Foundation RBC Foundation Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation Richfield Foundation Richfield Social Services Grant Second Harvest Heartland Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Sit Investment Associates Foundation Spartan Nash Foundation Target Foundation The 30 Days Foundation Turner Family Foundation United Way of Southwest Minnesota Walmart Foundation

Airtex Design Group Allina Health System Alpine Institute Arrow Tank and Engineering Bremer Bank Bremer Insurance Agencies Brooklyn Center Community Prayer Breakfast By the Yard Cargill Caridad Corporation Christos Minnetonka CSM Financial Data Sales

Eide Bailly LLP Enterprise Holdings Hair Proz of Minnetonka I Heart Media - Cities 97 Klein Bank Kowalski's Eagan, Grand & Parkview Mill City Credit Union Nailurbo and Spa Inc Nortech Systems Northwestern Health Sciences University Proctor and Gamble Employees Quality Bicycle Products Rahr Corporation

Rogness Service and Sales Saints Food Service Smart Start Minnesota Subway - WGS Investments Inc. Summit Healthcare Tempworks Software The Connection Thomco Carpet, Inc. Tommys Tonka Trolley Travelnet Solutions, Inc. United Airlines Volunteer Impact Grant Venture Bank Wells Fargo Community Support Campaign Wildlife Management Services

Our Meals

Average Meal Cost $2.50

104% increase

since 2013

Our Impact

Steve (above left): After serving during the Vietnam War, Steve started driving for a taxi company and recently retired. He comes to us to stretch his retirement dollars and to ensure that he is getting a nutritious

meal to help with his PTSD, hypertension and diabetes.

Bilise & Daughter: Bilise and her daughter are regular guests at St. Stephen's in Minneapolis. Bilise works night shifts and is in need of sleep while her daughter is at school. Our meals allow their limited daytime hours together to

be a time of play and bonding. Dining with us also stretches Bilise's income.

Meals. Comfort. Kindness

Jenny: Jenny began dining with us in October 2017 with her husband, Mike. She had just been diagnosed with a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor that had metastasized to her liver. Before her disease her weight was 98 lbs but she had

dropped to 79 lbs. Since she started eating at our dining site in Hopkins she gained 11 lbs back. Jenny says that our well-balanced meals give her the

nutrition she needs, which is hard to sustain at home. Mike takes care of her very well, but they both joke that he is not the best cook. They also have been

spending a lot of money on medical bills, so our meals help them financially, too. Jenny is happier and much healthier.