Second Harvest

Name

Second Harvest

Legal name

Second Harvest

Website

https://secondharvest.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Etobicoke

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: Second Harvest is a registered charity (charitable registration #13386 5477 RR0001) funded entirely through donations from individuals, corporations, and foundations. Revenue comes from monthly giving programs, one-time donations, corporate partnerships, and fundraising events such as auctions, Truck Pull Challenge, and TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Second Harvest is Canada's largest food rescue organization that operates a digital Food Rescue App connecting food donors (farms, manufacturers, retailers, food service operators) with verified non-profit recipients across all Canadian provinces and territories. The organization provides end-to-end logistics, traceability, food safety compliance, and real-time ESG impact reporting at no cost, while also processing and co-packing surplus food into redistributable products.

Product overview

Second Harvest operates as Canada's largest food rescue organization offering a digital platform and network-based services. The core product is the Second Harvest Food Rescue App, a free platform available on iOS, Android, and Web that connects food donors with verified non-profits for real-time donation matching and ESG reporting. This digital platform is supported by a network of operational programs including the From the Farm Program (agricultural surplus rescue), Processors & Manufacturers Program (food transformation partnerships), Distribution/Retail/Food Service Partner Programs (cross-sector donation coordination), Feeding Our Future (summer meals for children), Harvest Kitchens (meal processing), Training & Education (food safety certification), and fundraising initiatives including the annual Truck Pull Challenge, Food Rescue Awards, and Auction Program. The organization functions as a technology-enabled food rescue network rather than a traditional software product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Second Harvest Food Rescue App

Quantifiable outcome

• 95.3 million lbs of food rescued and redistributed in 2025
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, minor and core.

• Sysco CanadaflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 June 202626-year partnership between Sysco Canada and Second Harvest. Sysco donated $50,000 in June 2026 through its Nourishing Neighbours program, bringing total impact to over 1.34 million lbs of food donated (equivalent to over 1 million meals). Sysco Canada provided over $365,000 in additional financial support and 13,000 volunteer hours to community partners in fiscal 2025. 15% of Nourishing Neighbours donations support food insecurity initiatives in Northern and remote communities.
• Hamilton Health SciencesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 February 2026Hamilton Health Sciences partners with Second Harvest and Compass Group Canada to donate surplus meals, aiming to reduce food-related greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2030 through the Coolfood Pledge.
• Starbucks CanadacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 October 2025Partnership to distribute over $500,000 in grants to support local charities and food rescue agencies across Canada. Expands the Starbucks FoodShare program which rescues surplus food to reduce waste and help food-insecure Canadians.
• TeranetminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 January 2025Teranet employees volunteer and fundraise for Second Harvest. TeraLife Toronto social committee sorted 9,200 lbs of produce, raised nearly $10,719 (equivalent to 32,000 meals), and participated in Second Harvest's Truck Pull Challenge. Since 2008, Teranet has raised over $129,000 for Second Harvest.
• Amazon CanadaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmazon Canada employees volunteer to fight food insecurity in partnership with Second Harvest.
• Loblaw CompaniescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor food donor through the Second Harvest Food Rescue App, having donated over 1.5 million lbs of surplus food. Part of the Golden Harvest donor tier ($500k-$999k).
• Uber FreightminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTransportation logistics partnership to move millions of pounds of rescued food.
• FanDuelminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPresenting sponsor of the Second Harvest Truck Pull Challenge 2026.
• LoblawcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner26 food donors including major grocery retailers, packaged goods companies, and food service operators participate in the food donor network. Major donors include Chiovitti Banana, Wonderbrands, Walmart, Unilever, Nestlé, McCain, Metro, Saputo, Compass Group, HelloFresh, and others. Part of Golden Harvest tier ($500k-$999k).
• SobeyscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGrower's Circle donor ($100k-$249k). Partnership spotlight on food rescue app usage for surplus redistribution.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Food Banks Canada: National charitable umbrella organization coordinating Canada's food bank network. Most directly comparable peer given its national mandate, similar donor/corporate partnership model, and shared focus on food redistribution to address Canadian food insecurity.
• Daily Bread Food Bank: Toronto-based food bank serving the GTA region with food distribution to non-profit member agencies. Directly comparable as a same-region food redistribution non-profit operating a partner-network model and serving overlapping non-profit recipient organizations.
• Feed Ontario: Provincial association of Ontario food banks coordinating food rescue and distribution. Comparable as a network-model food charity with corporate donor relationships and food-rescue logistics serving Ontario communities overlapping with Second Harvest's territory.
• Moisson Montréal: Montreal-based regional food bank serving Quebec. Directly comparable as a Canadian food-rescue and redistribution charity operating a donation-funded model with corporate partnerships and Quebec community reach that parallels Second Harvest's regional foodraising structure.
• City Harvest (New York): New York City's largest food rescue organization collecting surplus food and delivering it to community programs. Comparable as a large urban food-rescue charity operating a logistics-driven donor-to-non-profit model similar in spirit to Second Harvest's mission and network structure.

Broad incumbents

• Feeding America: Largest hunger-relief organization in the United States with a national food bank network. Comparable as a broader-incumbent food charity, but operates at vastly larger scale and through a food-bank federation rather than Second Harvest's direct-surplus-rescue model.

Emerging players

• FoodCloud: Ireland-founded food rescue technology platform connecting retailers with charities via an app-based matching system. Directly comparable as a tech-enabled food-rescue platform, though operating as a social enterprise rather than a registered charity.
• Too Good To Go: Global surplus-meal marketplace app connecting consumers and businesses to reduce food waste. Comparable as a tech-enabled food-waste platform, but operates as a commercial B2C model rather than a non-profit B2B-to-non-profit donation model.
• Olio: UK-headquartered food-sharing app connecting neighbours and businesses to share surplus food. Comparable as a tech-enabled surplus-food platform, but operating with a peer-to-peer model rather than Second Harvest's donor-to-non-profit redistribution approach.

Regional players

• FareShare: UK-based food redistribution charity that rescues surplus food from the supply chain for redistribution to charities. Comparable in mission and operational model, but operates in the UK rather than North America and is not a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/secondharvestca
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC1f-c-ZOhVjTM8p21FM3ktQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/SecondHarvestCA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/secondharvestca
• Instagraminstagram.com/secondharvestca

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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