Ways to Support Food Stash
Nourish our community and give a second chance to good food that would otherwise be wasted. A tax receipt will be emailed to you instantly when you donate online.
Join the Food Stash Sustainers monthly donor club. Your monthly support provides reliable, healthy groceries, while helping the environment.
Volunteering as a team can help strengthen employee engagement, enhance your brand image, and provide a fun opportunity for you to make a difference as a team.
Create a fundraiser to honour a special person or occasion, celebrate your birthday or wedding, team-build, or challenge yourself. Anyone can easily create their own free fundraiser with Canada Helps. Here are some tips!
We’re grateful for partnerships with businesses that share our values and care about our mission. We can work with you to find options that meet your goals for creating impact, team-building, and social responsibility.
A Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) is a charitable savings account that lets you flexibly give one-time or recurring gifts to Food Stash and other causes you care about.
Your DAF can accept a wide range of assets like stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and cryptocurrency. Contact your fund administrator, or log into your DAF account and recommend a grant. Charity Number: 748078524RR0001.
A donation of securities or mutual funds allows you to give more and removes the need to pay capital gains taxes.
Consider making the gift of a lifetime to protect our environment and nourish our community into the future. When preparing your will with the help of a lawyer and financial advisor, you can ask them about including a charitable gift or bequest.
Your gift will help us realize our vision of a transformed, sustainable and just food system that supports food access for all and a thriving environment.
When you donate your car, truck, RV, boat, or motorcycle to Food Stash through Donate A Car Canada, it will either be recycled or sold at auction (depending on its condition, age and location). All the details are taken care of for you. Free towing is provided in most areas, or you can drop off your vehicle to maximize your donation. You will receive a tax receipt.
While we aren’t able to collect or accept household food donations, you can run a fundraiser or donate items to our annual spring silent auction. Every dollar raised lets us rescue and provide over $4.50 worth of good food. To donate food, check out the Community Fridge.
You can also host a bottle drive or donate the deposit refunds you earn from returning your recyclables! Simply log in to or create your Return-It account and make Food Stash your charity recipient - you can update this preference any time.
Please do not bring bottles to Food Stash.
Shop online for Tru-Earth cleaning and household products through our fundraiser link, and Food Stash receives 20% of the total sales value. Click below or copy and paste this link: https://tru-earth.sjv.io/foodstash
“Thank you for caring for all the people in our community who need food and to feel loved.
Your devotion feeds my soul and gives me hope for humanity.”
Donation FAQ
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We accept e-transfers to donate[at]foodstash.ca. Please give your full legal name and mailing address if you’d like a tax receipt. (Security question not required.)
We also accept cheques payable to Food Stash Foundation by mail to 100-290 E 1st Ave, Vancouver, BC V5T 1A6. Feel free to contact development[at]foodstash.ca for assistance or questions.
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Our legal name and address: Food Stash Foundation - 100-290 E 1st Ave, Vancouver, BC V5T 1A6
Our Registered Charity Number: 748078524RR0001.
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Your tax receipt will be emailed to you instantly when you donate online.
If you would like to receive a tax receipt for a cheque or e-transfer donation of $10 or more, please include your full legal name and correct mailing address. If available, please include your email address to save time, postage and paper. We can only issue tax receipts to the true donor. We legally cannot issue tax receipts in the name of other parties, or for funds collected from others. Please contact development[at]foodstash.ca with any questions.
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Reliable support helps us rescue good food 7 days a week, and provides dependable deliveries of balanced, healthy groceries to those who need and appreciate them. Joining is easy and you’ll receive an official tax receipt each year. Any time you want to pause your monthly gifts or reduce your monthly gift amount, you can do that online or contact development[at]foodstash.ca for help.
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Sign up for our monthly paper-free e-newsletter for updates on seasonal donation matching opportunities.
Also, your employer may be willing to match your monetary donations or reward your time as a volunteer! Ask your employer or contact Stephanie - development[at]foodstash.ca with questions about gift matching in your workplace.
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We can work with you to find options that meet your goals for team-building, social responsibility, and creating impact. Some possibilities include giving a one-time gift, matching employees’ contributions of funds or volunteer time, hosting a team volunteer day, contributing valuable items for auctions/fundraisers, or collecting donations at a company party or event. You could even sponsor a community event or help our food rescue vehicles go green!
Partnering with Food Stash is an excellent option for companies that want to fight food waste, help make healthy food available to the whole community, and support innovative solutions to environmental challenges. Your whole team can feel proud to support a cause they care about.
Contact Stephanie - development[at]foodstash.ca - with questions and ideas, or click here to view some partnership guidelines.
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Yes! Anyone can easily create their own free online fundraiser in a few minutes. You can form teams and custom fundraising pages for your school, office, club, family or friends, or raise funds as an individual.
Create a fundraiser to honour a special person or occasion, celebrate your birthday or wedding, team-build, or challenge yourself.
Your fundraiser can be 100% online, or you can use it as an excuse for a party. Throw a zero-waste potluck with your neighbours, or host a by-donation baked goodies gathering to use up those extra apples or zucchinis that summer brings!