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WE

WHO

MAZON Canada supports food projects across the country, from Ontario to Nova Scotia to Nunavut, impacting people of all ages, ethnicities, faiths and abilities.

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We prioritize partnerships with small, community run programs, and provide grants for the purchasing of food, gardening supplies, and kitchen appliances. Our partner programs include food banks, shelters, school meal programs, community gardens, and more. 

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IN 2023, MAZON PROVIDED 365,000 MEALS THROUGH
283 PARTNER PROGRAMS IN 101 TOWNS AND CITIES.

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Diverse Communities

MANY OF THESE PROGRAMS
SUPPORT ANYONE WHO
WALKS THROUGH THE DOOR.

 

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OTHERS FOCUS ON VULNERABLE
COMMUNITIES WITH SPECIFIC
NUTRITIONAL, CULTURAL,
OR ACCESS NEEDS.

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OUR IMPACT
BY THE NUMBERS

Meals
Provided

Dollars
Granted

Number of
Partner Programs

Our Reach
(Cities and Towns)

2023
365,000
$1,106,300
283
101
2022
360,000
$1,070,800
262
89
2021
298,000
$784,100
205
92
2020
365,500
$845,500
198
88
2019
164,000
$337,300
136
61

STORIES
IN THE NUMBERS 

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about our partner programs.

JEWISH
CHESED
PREVAILS

Since 2019, Mazon's granting budget has more than tripled. Driven by a surge in donations during the pandemic, the Jewish community's commitment to fighting food insecurity only deepened in the years that followed. As inflation and rising food costs drove millions more Canadians to food banks, Mazon supporters redoubled their support year after year. 

RISING FOOD
COSTS

Mazon's granting budget has increased dramatically, but, in 2023, the number of meals we provided was was the same as 2020. How is that possible? It's because, since January of 2020, the cost of groceries has increased by more than 20%. Without $260,000 in additional funding for front line food aid programs, our impact would have shrunk dramatically during this inflationary period. 

SHARPER
FUNDING
STRATEGY

As the rising cost of groceries eroded the efficiency of each dollar spent on direct food aid, Mazon focused upstream of urgent need by prioritizing organizations that go beyond food. Today, 90% of Grocery Grant recipients offer some form of holistic, wrap around support. These interventions, from addictions counselling to employment and housing supports, help clients end their food insecurity forever. 

In big cities and small towns across the country, people who have never met a Jewish person know that when Canadians go hungry, the Jewish community cares:

“ My husband and I were not expecting to have to use the food bank. When we went there, we thought that we were just going to be handed a box of old food. What a surprise to find that they had fresh fruit and vegetables for my family!

 

The ladies informed me that an organization called MAZON provided them. Thank you very much. We are so happy to have come to this great country.“

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- Michelle
A client at Melville & District Food Bank 

"I'M ALONE WITH THE BILLS SINCE MY PARTNER PASSED.
It's been so sad and difficult to make ends meet.... The food program will help!"

- Mother of a teenage daughter at Jean Augustine Centre

a Mazon Partner Program

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