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
- Balsillie Family Foundation · in 1 story with The Food Bank of Waterloo Region
- Cambridge Food Bank · in 1 story with The Food Bank of Waterloo Region
- Centre Wellington Food Bank · in 1 story with The Food Bank of Waterloo Region
- Guelph Food Bank · in 1 story with The Food Bank of Waterloo Region
- Jim Balsillie · in 1 story with The Food Bank of Waterloo Region
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