About Us

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Founded in 1982 and incorporated in 1983 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, the Food Bank of Northern Nevada is a regional food distribution and support system for more than 130 different direct service, non-profit agencies serving the needy, the ill, the elderly and children. Among clients who visit emergency food sites, 11% are over age 60.  Children are the most vulnerable to hunger: 37% of emergency food recipients are children under age 18. To learn more about the Food Bank, see What We Do. View the Vital Statistics Sheet; our 2012 audit and the 2011-12 990 PF here. View our donor privacy policy. Finally, here is the internet privacy policy.


Mission Statement

Our mission is to end hunger in our region through direct services, advocacy, outreach and education.

The Food Bank of Northern Nevada provides a creative link between food resources and hungry people. The Food Bank is a warehouse distribution and support system for our service programs and non-profit agencies directly serving the needy, the ill, the elderly and children in our 90,000 square mile service area. Our goal is to Make Hunger History.

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Food Bank of the Year

The Food Bank of Northern Nevada was named the 2013-14 Member of the Year at the Feeding America National Executive Directors' Forum in April.  The award is given to the year’s most outstanding food bank of the 202 food banks across the nation in the Feeding America network.  The Food Bank is  also celebrating its 30th year of service to the hungry in northern Nevada this year.Learn More

Member of Feeding America

We are a proud member of Feeding America, the nation's leading domestic hunger-relief charity. Its mission is to feed America's hungry through a nationwide network of member food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger. This network provides food to more than 37 million low-income people facing hunger in the United States, including 14 million children and nearly 3 million seniors. The network has more than 200 food banks serving all 50 states.

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