1 in 3 Black Children in Canada Face Hunger Every Day While Food Goes to Waste.
The problem isn’t scarcity. It’s broken pipelines, and a system that wasn’t built to serve everyone equally.
The Food Security Fund (FSF) is Canada’s first Black-led food pipeline.
We’re building new pathways, with trucks to deliver meals, vendor partnerships to reduce cost, and education to empower families.
Because no child should learn on an empty stomach.
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45%
of Black school-age children in Toronto face food insecurity
3x
Higher than national average in Black communities
Food Insecurity is directly linked to lower educational outcomes and increased health risks in youth.
The Urgency Of Addressing
Food Insecurity in Canada: The Hard Truth
The Problem:
When Food Insecurity Is Fueled by Inequality
In Canada, food insecurity often wears the face of a Black child.
Food banks help, but they’re not enough, and the system doesn’t address the root of the problem.
In 2020, just 0.07 cents of every $100 in charity grants reached Black-led organizations (FFBC report).
Inflation has made basic needs more expensive, while incomes haven’t kept up and rising housing costs stretch families thin, forcing impossible choices between rent, bills, and food. In many Black neighborhoods, access to nutritious, affordable, and culturally relevant food is limited, even when stores are nearby.
This isn’t just about hunger. It’s about broken systems.
At its root, this crisis stems from 3 systemic issues: housing, income, and access to affordable nutritious food.
However, today the invisible crisis associated with the lack of affordable pathways to nutritious food carries a more significant and painful stigma for those affected.
And Black families are being hit the hardest by the gaps in pipelines that should serve everyone equally.
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What is Food Security Fund (FSF)?
The Food Security Fund is a national fundraising initiative that transforms community hubs into nutrition access points while nurturing food literacy and Black food entrepreneurship.
Our programs serve immediate needs while building sustainable systems. With your help, we’re not just feeding people, we’re empowering futures.
Our Vision:
A Canada where every Black family has access to food that is affordable, nourishing, and culturally relevant, delivered with dignity.
Our Team
Meet our Cause Leader & Advisory Council Members
Guiding our mission with expertise, vision and passion.
Our Advisory Council brings together diverse expertise in food systems and entrepreneurship, food education, capacity building, community development, and sustainable economics to ensure our initiatives have lasting systemic impact.
Our Solution:
SECURITY, Through Community Food Connections
A comprehensive model to tackle food insecurity from every angle.
We don’t just feed, we rebuild systems.
🍎 Distribution
📚 Education
🔄 Pipeline
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Refrigerated food trucks with Full Kitchen
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Commissary central Kitchen
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Infrastructure for temperature controlled storage
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Community Food hubs
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Bulk purchasing to maximize reach and reduced costs
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School-based learning initiatives in curricula
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Community gardens and greenhouse projects
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Nutrition and Food as Medicine workshops
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Zero Waste Training
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Scaling Black farmers, food producers and Black organizations
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Tech-enabled procurement, inventory and distribution systems
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Circular economy with hospitality and food vendors
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Repurposing food waste and food surplus
Our Plan
From One Food Hub to Many, A Scalable Model
🧩How It Works:
🔧 Step 1: Build the Foundation
Trucks, storage, kitchens, staff and supply chain—everything needed to power a sustainable food hub.
🚀 Step 2: Launch the Pilot
We start with one community center, scale their food program, and document what works.
📊 Step 3: Use Community Reports
We assess real-time needs in Black neighborhoods to identify where to go next.
🌱 Step 4: Expand Across the GTA
We replicate the model—tailored to each community, one neighborhood at a time.
💡 Why It Works
Community hubs already serve the people—they’re trusted, accessible, and built for local impact. Our pilot starts small to perfect the model, then grows with purpose.
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Focused: We prove what works before scaling.
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Data-Driven: Community Reports guide where we go next.
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Sustainable: We strengthen local partnerships that last.
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Scalable: We build on what exists—adding distribution, education, and food pipeline systems for long-term change.
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Just Imagine… Your Funds in Action
A trusted community center, familiar, underfunded, becomes the beating heart of a sustainable food system.
Imagine walking inside and seeing hot meals prepared in a fully equipped kitchen. Youth tending to garden beds. Elders teaching, learning, and sharing stories. Fresh food arriving daily, not in crisis, but with care.
Your donation, your partnerships, and continued sustained contributions help transform that space into a Black-led food hub, powered by:
- Food trucks, storage, and a central kitchen
- Nutrition education, gardening workshops, and zero-waste training
- Local partnerships that restore dignity and reduce waste
Because this isn’t charity.
It’s the foundation of Canada’s first Black-led food pipeline, with a commissary kitchen at its heart and a replicable food hub model ready to scale.
“Your support makes this vision a reality—one community hub, one family, one future at a time.”
— Anick Silencieux, Cause Leader, FSF
WHY US?
Led by Community. Backed by Expertise
- Led by Anick Silencieux, , a trusted community builder, Founder of Support Black Charities,
- In partnership with Charitable Impact and Sixty67 Group—guided by a trusted Advisory Council.
- Collaborating with local Black-led organizations, food hospitality vendors, and community hubs
👉🏾 Together, we bring over 100+ years of experience in food systems, philanthropy, and grassroots leadership.
WHY NOW?
The Crisis is Real and It Can’t Wait.
- 1 in 3 Black children in Canada faces food insecurity—3x the national average.
- Rising costs and inflation make nutritious food less accessible.
- Traditional food systems don’t reflect the lived realities of Black communities.
- Cultural needs are overlooked, and stigma keeps many suffering in silence.
👉🏾 Food insecurity is no longer invisible—it’s a growing emergency.
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Our Commitment
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Our Goal
Raise $5M in 2 Years.
Fuel the future of food security, your support builds the foundation, launches the pilot, and powers a data-driven,scalable,
Black-led model in GTA, one hub at a time.
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Our Ask
Give. Partner.
Build real solutions with us.
Support Black-led food hubs.
Your gift—whether financial, collaborative, or in-kind, fuels lasting, community-powered solutions.
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Our Promise
We’ll co-create with,
not for, the community.
Your support powers real scalable change—with transparent results, impact tracking, and community accountability.
Your Impact, Your Way!
Our Community-Driven Impact: Tracking What Matters
Success isn’t just meals served—it’s systems changed. Here’s how we measure progress across each pillar of our work:
🍎 Food Distribution
Key Metrics We Track:
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Meals delivered (school days, weekends, summers)
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Families reached per community hub
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Reduction in food waste through efficient logistics
What Success Looks Like:
Every refrigerated truck and community hub shortens the gap between surplus and hunger.
📚 Food Education
Key Metrics We Track:
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Workshops held (nutrition, cooking, sustainability)
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Students & parents trained in food literacy
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Schools partnered to embed curricula
What Success Looks Like:
Knowledge transforms meals into long-term food security—one lesson at a time.
🔄 Food Pipeline
Key Metrics We Track:
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Number of multi-year partnerships with vendors
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Cost-effective deals secured for bulk nutritious food
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CSR commitments and sponsorships from corporate partners
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Communities engaged in growing (urban farms, gardens)
What Success Looks Like: Stronger pipelines mean fresher food, better prices, and lasting impact—powered by vendor deals and multi-year CSR partnerships.
Our Partners
LEAD PARTNER
SBC is the founding and lead partner, responsible for the overall vision, strategy, and execution of the Food Security Fund. As the anchor organization, SBC drives community engagement, fundraising, and impact delivery.
PLATFORM PARTNER
Charitable Impact is the platform and donation partner, providing the technology, infrastructure, and financial transparency for fund processing, tax receipting, and donor engagement. They power the back-end of the FSF.
EXECUTION PARTNER
Sixty67 Group is the execution and food systems partner, bringing sector-specific expertise in logistics, food infrastructure, procurement, and vendor partnerships to carry out the day-to-day operations and implementation of the FSF Action Plan.
Our Trusted Collaborators
Building food security through strategic alliances
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Advancing Global Sustainable Development Goals
Our work directly contributes to these United Nations SDGs (learn more)
No Poverty
End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Zero Hunger
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition
Good Health
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being
Quality Education
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education
Our Approach: Aligned with Canada’s Food Policy
We integrate national food system principles into every community hub we build.
(Click on each to learn how.)
We co-create with local community organizations, nonprofits, vendors, and residents, never working in isolation.
Food insecurity is a rapidly growing
social issue in Canada.
Invest in SECURITY, Through Community Connections.
Your support activates our Action Plan and fuels the foundation, builds the future, and powers Canada’s first Black-led food pipeline, creating systems that feed, educate, and empower.
Every dollar contributes to building sustainable food systems in Black communities.
Tax receipts provided immediately through Charitable Impact.
🔒 Secure payments processed by Charitable Impact
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How is FSF different from traditional food banks?The Food Security Fund (FSF) is more than a meal program—it’s a long-term, community-powered solution. Unlike traditional food banks that focus on emergency relief, FSF creates sustainable change through: Community ownership and Black economic empowerment Culturally appropriate food and dignity-focused delivery Investment in education and food infrastructure Local food hubs that embed access, learning, and logistics Tech-enabled systems for scalability and long-term impact We don’t just distribute food—we’re building the future of food security, one hub at a time.
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How are funds distributed and accounted for?All donations are processed through Charitable Impact, Canada's leading philanthropic platform, which provides immediate tax receipts. Funds are then allocated according to our three pillars: 60% to direct food distribution and infrastructure 25% to food education programs 15% to strengthening the Black food pipeline We provide quarterly financial reports and annual impact assessments.
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How can I get involved beyond donating?There are several ways to engage with our work: Volunteer: Help with meal distribution, education programs, or community outreach Advocate: Spread awareness about food insecurity in Black communities Partner: If you represent an organization, explore collaboration opportunities Amplify: Share our work on social media and within your networks Contact us at partnerships@supportblackcharities.org to discuss options.
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What happens after the Flagship pilot project at the 1st Community Center?The flagship pilot is just the beginning but necessary to define and test a working model and framework. Our goal is to create a scalable, repeatable community hub model that can be adapted and launched in other Black communities across Toronto first, then Canada. Success in that first community center will help us refine the model and secure future investments to expand across the city and eventually nationally.
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What impact will my contribution have?Every dollar supports direct food delivery, education programs, tech infrastructure, and measurable community growth. We report regularly to show your impact.
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How is impact measured and reported?We believe transparency is key to building trust. FSF measures impact through several methods: Number of meals delivered and families served Growth of local partnerships and economic participation Community feedback and engagement metrics Quarterly progress reports shared with donors and partners Annual public impact reports, including financials, outcomes, and storytelling Our goal isn’t just to distribute meals — it’s to show how we're building lasting food security systems community-by-community.
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What is a Cause Fund?Cause Funds address a common roadblock for donors: they know what they care about, but are unsure where to channel their support to create meaningful impact. Cause Funds allow donors to give to a cause rather than a single charity to make a greater impact. Cause Funds work with leading experts that bring people and organizations together to solve the same issues alongside a coordinated strategy. Our model is people-centric, grounded in human wisdom, and focused on community building, setting us apart from other Cause Fund models.