Food Bank of Iowa

Our Mission is to provide food for Iowa children, families and seniors to lead full and active lives, strengthening the communities where they live.

Our Vision is a hunger-free Iowa Our Values are compassion, commitment, collaboration, creativity, and courage.

The Food Bank of Iowa is a member of the Feeding America national network of food banks. We are a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit, and all contributions are tax-deductible. The Food Bank of Iowa was founded in 1982, and has distributed more than 163 million meals since then. Our Service Area includes 55 central and southeastern Iowa counties, stretching from Missouri to Minnesota.

We gather and distribute nutritious food. We build partnerships with community organizations. We tell the story of food insecurity.

Weve built a system that provides vital food to pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, schools and others. We strive each day to ensure that no child, senior or family in Iowa has to struggle to find food. What do we do? We fight hunger.

We acquire food from individual food donors, food drives, retail stores, food producers, wholesalers, the USDA (through The Emergency Food Assistance Program) and our Field to Food Bank Initiatives. We also purchase food with money donated to us by individual donors and foundations.

Our food needs are high1 million pounds of food flows through our warehouse each monthso we have a dedicated team focused on getting the right food in the right quantities. We distribute food through our network of about 600 partner agenciesfood pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, schools and othersand through four programs designed to serve Iowans in need directly.

Our team of dedicated professionals, spearheaded by our Regional Partnership Coordinators, distribute the equivalent of 10 million meals per year. We ensure that all the food we distribute is safe for consumption. In order to ensure that we meet the highest standards of food safety, we submit our facility to rigorous inspection conducted by AIB International.