WYDE
    nonprofit

    The Food Bank of Waterloo Region

    The Food Bank of Waterloo Region is a food bank that works to end hunger in the Waterloo region of Ontario. Its website says it was founded in 1984 as Ontario's first food bank focused on emergency food support. It distributes over 9.6 million pounds of food a year to 61 organizations.

    Chief Executive Officer

    Leadership

    Kim Wilhelm, Chief Executive Officer. Kim Wilhelm is the chief executive officer of The Food Bank of Waterloo Region.

    Key facts

    Founded
    1984, as Ontario's first food bank focused on emergency food supportsource
    Food distributed
    over 9.6 million pounds of food annually to 61 organizationssource
    Chief executive
    Kim Wilhelm, CEO, The Food Bank of Waterloo Regionsource
    Balsillie investment
    named among four food banks that the $4.5 million investment from the Balsillie Family Foundation will support; the release gives no amount for this food banksource

    WYDE coverage of The Food Bank of Waterloo Region

    WYDE Newsroom has published one article about The Food Bank of Waterloo Region, on Sep 22, 2026. The Food Bank of Waterloo Region is a recipient in 1 story. The most recent is Jim Balsillie's Family Foundation Gives $4.5 Million to Four Ontario Food Banks as Demand Climbs.

    Reported alongside The Food Bank of Waterloo Region

    Sources

    Track the institutions that move money.

    Data-driven coverage, every week.