Tarrant Area Food Bank
Tarrant Area Food Bank
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About this organization
Mission
OUR MISSION Tarrant Area Food Bank empowers communities to eliminate hunger by providing food, education and resources through innovation and collaboration. OUR VALUES We believe that access to healthy food is a basic human right and not a privilege. All people deserve regular, nutritious meals. OUR VISION Communities where no one has to go hungry. OUR SERVICE REGION As a regional clearinghouse for donated food, Tarrant Area Food Bank provides a nutritious mix of fresh, frozen and shelf-stable products to a network of hunger-relief charities and social services organizations in North Texas. These hunger-relief partners are located in urban, suburban and rural areas of Fort Worth and 13 surrounding counties with a total population of more than 3.3 million.
About
Tarrant Area Food Bank, founded in 1982, is a primary source of donated food for APPROXIMATELY 330 hunger relief agencies and feeding programs in Fort Worth, Texas and 13 surrounding counties. In FY 2019, Tarrant Area Food Bank provided access to 30 million nutritious meals through its network of partner agencies, mobile solutions, nutrition education and social service programs. These meals were provided in the form of bags of groceries for clients to take home, hot meals served on site or healthy snacks served during a group activity.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The purpose of the non-profit is outlined in the filing as “Tarrant area food bank (tafb) values and embraces diversity, fairness and inclusion as fundamental to our vision of empowering communities where no one has to go hungry. we believe that access to healthy food is a basic human right and not a privilege and that all people deserve regular, nutritious meals. tafb works to eliminate hunger in tarrant and 12 other north texas counties by providing food, education and other resources to a network of approximately 330 partner agencies.”.
When discussing its operations, they were defined as: “Tafb empowers communities to eliminate hunger by providing food, education and resources through innovation and collaboration.”.
- The state where the non-profit operates has been legally reported as TX.
- The filing indicates that the non-profit's address in 2020 is located at 2525 Cullen Street, Fort Worth, TX, 76107.
- The non-profit has reported 116 employees on their form as of 2020.
- Does not operate a hospital.
- Does not operate a school.
- Does not collect art.
- Does not provide credit counseling.
- Does not have foreign activities.
- Is not a donor-advised fund.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $2,597,583.
- The CEO's remuneration policy within the organization is established through an impartial review and endorsement process.
- The organization has a written policy that describes how long it will retain documents.
- The organization has 19 independent voting members.
- The organization has a professional fund raiser.
- The organization was formed in 1981.
- The organization has a written policy that addresses conflicts of interest.
- The organization is required to file Schedule B.
- The organization is required to file Schedule O.
- The organization pays $6,367,976 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $2,084,699 in fundraising expenses.
- The organization provides Form 990 to its governing body.
- The organization has minutes of its meetings.
- The organization has a written whistleblower policy.
- The organization has fundraising events.
- The organization's financial statements were reviewed by an accountant.