South Plains Food Bank, Inc.
South Plains Food Bank, Inc.
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About this organization
Mission
The South Plains Food Bank, Inc. was founded in 1983. Through its various programs, the South Plains Food Bank, Inc. has become a humanitarian resource with responsibility for securing, growing, processing and/or distributing food to charitable organizations and persons in need. The South Plains Food Bank, Inc. strives to be a model for community partnerships and a catalyst for social change by providing opportunities for persons to break out of the poverty cycle. The South Plains Food Bank, Inc. is a member of Feeding America and the Feeding Texas Food Bank Networks.
About
Food Distribution: SPFB distributed 8.87 million pounds of food during the fiscal year. Through its network of 145 agencies in 20 counties, food is distributed through on-site programs, pantry programs and voucher programs. Throughout the network, 58,442 boxes of food were distributed to families, including 23,897 that were distributed through the mobile pantry program to our outlying communities. SPFB was in its second year of participating in the Commodity Supplemental Food Program and 18,836 commodity food boxes were distributed to seniors.Child Nutrition Programs: SPFB has both an after school feeding program during the school year and a summer feeding program during the summer months. Hot nutritious meals and/or snacks are served at the sites and the children are provided mentoring and nutrition education. During the year, 149,672 Kids Cafe meals and 89,383 summer meals were prepared. Social Services Outreach Program: Food Stamp outreach is provided to ensure that those who have longterm food insecurity are provided with the available resources for ongoing help. During the year, 1,854 Food Stamp applications were successfully filed. SPFB also conducts nutrition education and 4,237 contacts were made during the year. The total number of meals provided through SNAP and pounds distributed was 10.1 million.
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
In the filing, the mission of the non-profit is noted as “The south plains food bank, inc. is a humanitarian resource responsible for securing, growing, processing, and distributing food to charitable organizations and persons in need. south plains food bank, inc. also strives to provide opportunities for persons to break out of the poverty cycle.”.
When referring to its responsibilities, they were outlined as: “The south plains food bank, inc. is a humanitarian resource responsible for securing, growing, processing, and distributing food to charitable organizations and persons in need. south plains food bank, inc. also strives to provide opportunities for persons to break out of the poverty cycle.”.
- The state in which the non-profit is legally registered to operate is TX, as per legal records.
- The filing documents the non-profit's address in 2019 as 5605 MLK BLVD, LUBBOCK, TX, 79404.
- According to the non-profit's form, they have 94 employees on their payroll as of 2019.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $153,971.
- The organization has 45 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1983.
- The organization pays $2,467,111 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $560,256 in fundraising expenses.