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Our Impact in 2025

2025 was OzHarvest’s 21st year! It was a year of growth across all areas of the organisation. We rescued food at record levels, launched programs in new communities, amplified our message and told our story to the whole country. There were so many milestone moments, with magnificent people helping us create impact in everything we do.

The numbers show our reach and scale, but the report shares the stories and people behind every one of them – our drivers, our volunteers, our donors, our partners, our staff and our supporters.  Thank you to everyone who is part of our journey.

17,616,030
Kgs food rescued
35,096,144
Meals delivered
2,460
Food donors
1,544
Charities supported
17,616
tonnes CO₂e avoided
2,411
NEST participants (227 programs)
14,682
Refettorio lunchtime guests
60,160
FEAST students (760 schools)
61
Nourish graduates
155,014
Sydney & Adelaide Market customers
117,816
Cooking for a Cause meals
3,000
Volunteers
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Highlights

Our Founder

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Highlights

Our Founder

A year bursting with pride, love, connection and yellow!

OzHarvest has always been a magnet for magnificent people and 2025 proved it beyond all doubt. From our drivers out in communities every day, to our volunteers helping in everything we do, our teams across the country and of course, our network of partners, the charities we support and every extraordinary person who connected with our cause.

Highlights

Our Chair

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Highlights

Our Chair

Building the organisation that the mission deserves. 

As Chair of OzHarvest, I’ve seen food insecurity in Australia increasing over the years. It’s clear that this is not a temporary problem, it is structural. And the organisations working to address it need to be built for the long haul, with the governance, leadership and financial foundations to match the scale of what’s needed.

Highlights

Our CEO

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Highlights

Our CEO

Where we are, what we’re doing and why it matters. 

Our numbers tell a strong story of growth this year with our food rescue operations peaking at over 400 tonnes a week. We’ve invested in new food rescue hubs in Wetherill Park in NSW and Hallam in Victoria to reach more charities in need of food. Our first operations in Launceston, Tasmania has expanded our national reach and deepened our impact.

Feed

Food Rescue

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Feed

Food Rescue

17,616,030
Kgs food rescued
35,096,144
Meals delivered
17,616
Tonnes CO₂e avoided
1,544
Charities supported
2,460
Food donors
75
Yellow vans

Feed

Our Markets

A smiling OzHarvest volunteer greets a toddler in a pram beside shelves of rescued bread

Feed

Our Markets

157,739
Community guests served
928,710
Kgs rescued food
928
Tonnes CO₂e avoided
572
Volunteers

Feed

Cooking for a Cause

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Feed

Cooking for a Cause

117,816
Meals
14,727
Participants
539
Companies
1,067
Sessions
58,908
Kg rescued food
59
Tonnes CO₂e avoided

Educate

Feast

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Educate

Feast

61,160
Student change-makers
1,087
Schools
757
Teachers trained
3,447
Classes completed

Educate

Nest

Two women in yellow OzHarvest NEST aprons stirring a pot of vegetables at an outdoor cooking session

Educate

Nest

2,411
NEST participants
1,284
Sessions
227
Programs
151
Charities supported

Educate

Nourish

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Educate

Nourish

61
Nourish graduates
372
Total graduates since 2015
75%
Engaged in further edu/employment
90%
Would strongly recommend

Advocate

Food Security

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Advocate

Food Security

42
MPs connected to our cause 
483
letters sent to MPs 

Advocate

Sector & community

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Advocate

Sector & community

12,273
community advocates
874
Charities responded to Community Needs Survey

Advocate

Food waste

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Advocate

Food waste

285,000
Use it Up Tapes distributed
119 Million
Media reach for household research

Innovate

Refettorio

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Innovate

Refettorio

41,910
meals served
13,770
guests in need
13,011
kg rescued food transformed
1,128
referrals to support services
78
events
3,287
pay it forward guests
244
volunteers

Innovate

Catering & Events

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Innovate

Catering & Events

28,999
meals served
290
events & catering services
75
free community events
15,855
people in need served

Innovate

OzHarvest Ventures

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Innovate

OzHarvest Ventures

7+ tonnes
perfectly imperfect lemons rescued
34,303
cans of Oh! Lemonaid sold
99
bottles of conscious drinks sold
64,000
meals enabled by our product range

Thank You

Volunteers

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Thank You

Volunteers

3,000
volunteers
118,641
hours donated
61
full-time employees equivalent

Thank You

Partners

OzHarvest staff load crates of produce from a trolley into a yellow van outside a Woolworths store

Thank You

Partners

Behind every rescued meal, every student who learned to cook, every family who left our markets with dignity and a full bag – is a partner who believed in what we’re doing. This is your impact too and we are profoundly grateful.

Thank You

Supporters

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Thank You

Supporters

None of what we do is possible without our incredible family of supporters who support our mission in many remarkable ways.

To the chef legends who gave their time and talent at CEO CookOff and the CEOs and business leaders who chopped, stirred and served with heart, to raise more than $1.5 million, which enabled us to deliver 3 million additional meals to people in need.

States

ACT

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States

ACT

719,354
kgs food rescued
1,451,133
meals delivered
719
tonnes CO₂e avoided
107
food donors
65
charities supported
3
yellow vans
189
NEST participants
24
FEAST schools
82
volunteers

States

NSW

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States

NSW

6,481,303
kgs food rescued
12,797,390
meals delivered
6,481
tonnes CO₂e avoided
823
food donors
557
charities supported
26
yellow vans
973
NEST participants
319
FEAST schools
1,204
volunteers

States

NT

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States

NT

6,880
kgs food rescued
30,249
meals delivered
6
tonnes CO₂e avoided
4
food donors
7
charities supported
24
FEAST schools

States

QLD

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States

QLD

3,871,735
kgs food rescued
7,572,054
meals delivered
3,871
tonnes CO₂e avoided
602
food donors
317
charities supported
18
yellow vans
526
NEST participants
255
FEAST schools
479
volunteers

States

SA

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States

SA

1,336,398
kgs food rescued
2,547,348
meals delivered
1,337
tonnes CO₂e avoided
180
food donors
120
charities supported
5
yellow vans
203
NEST participants
100
FEAST schools
264
volunteers

States

TAS

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States

TAS

242,582
kgs food rescued
484,934
meals delivered
242
tonnes CO₂e avoided
31
food donors
28
charities supported
1
yellow van
38
FEAST schools
29
volunteers

States

VIC

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States

VIC

2,741,062
kgs food rescued
5,503,971
meals delivered
2,741,062
kgs ghgs
375
food donors
157
charities supported
13
yellow vans
455
NEST participants
275
FEAST schools
1,075
volunteers

States

WA

Two schoolgirls in yellow OzHarvest aprons hold plates of wraps and salad in a classroom

States

WA

2,215,636
kgs food rescued
4,709,064
meals delivered
2,215
tonnes CO₂e avoided
338
food donors
274
charities supported
9
yellow vans
131
FEAST schools
192
volunteers

Financials

Reports

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Financials

Reports

Financials

Statement of Income

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Financials

Statement of Income

Financials

Statement of Financials

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Financials

Statement of Financials

Financials

Statement of Cash Flow

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Financials

Statement of Cash Flow