Houston Food Bank
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| Founded | 1982 |
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| Founder | Joan and Stanford Alexander |
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| Legal status | 501(c)(3) Non-profit organization |
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Area served
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Southeast Texas |
| Brian Greene | |
| Chuck Davidson | |
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Revenue (2014)
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$155,438,740 |
| Expenses (2014) | $164,960,161 |
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Employees
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323 |
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Volunteers
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35,000 |
| Slogan | "Filling Pantries, Filling Lives" |
| Mission | Coordinates large scale distribution of food and other products to hunger relief agencies throughout 18 southeast Texas counties. |
| Website | www |
Houston Food Bank is a private non-profit organization founded in 1982 Houston, Texas and is a certified member of Feeding America, the nation’s food bank network. The Houston Food Bank is America’s largest food bank in distribution to its network of nearly 600 hunger relief charities in 18 southeast Texas counties. Named top charity in Texas by Charity Navigator for financial performance and accountability, the Food Bank provides 74 million nutritious meals to food pantries, soup kitchens, senior centers and other agencies, feeding 137,000 people each week. The organization plans to grow to provide 100 million nutritious meals annually by 2018.
Portwall The main location of the Houston Food Bank is a 308,000 square-foot warehouse located just off 1-10 East at 535 Portwall St. The warehouse was acquired as the culmination of a capital campaign that generated $56 million in gifts from the generous community in 2011. From this building, volunteers and staff distribute fresh produce, meat and nonperishable items throughout the community. At any given time, the warehouse holds about 12 million pounds of perishable and non-perishable items. The Portwall facility houses most of the Food Bank staff offices, as well as additional community services ranging from nutrition education to assistance with food stamp applications and hands-on job training. Portwall can accommodate up to 1,000 volunteers during each of its volunteer shifts Monday through Saturday.
Keegan Kitchen The Keegan Kitchen is a 15,000 square-foot industrial kitchen located just north of downtown Houston on I-45 North. This program is operated out of the Mary Barden Keegan Center, which formerly housed the End Hunger Network, a partner hunger relief organization that merged with the Houston Food Bank in 2008. Here, with the help of volunteers and culinary trainees in the Serving for Success Program, Houston Food Bank staff prepare hot and frozen meals for the Kids Café. All food preparation and production is overseen by Chef Hose Montoya. Keegan Kitchen is open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and can accommodate up to 20 people during each of its two daily volunteer shifts (8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.).
The Houston Food Bank is currently the largest Feeding America food bank in the U.S., in both the amount of food distributed to its partner agencies and in the size of its facility. Thanks to strong community support, the Food Bank uses only 5% of all resources for operation costs, which allows 95 cents of every dollar to feed hungry children, adults and seniors. The organization focuses on balanced diets, nutrition education, and social services provided through its programs, such as Backpack Buddy, Kids Cafe, and Social Services Outreach.
In fiscal year 2014-2015, HFB distributed 67 million nutritious meals food and other necessities.
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