St. Mary's Food Bank
More than food...Hope
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Food insecurity is defined as a lack of consistent access to adequate food which 2 million Arizonans face with every year. In Arizona, nearly 30% of our neighbors are considered working poor, living on wages that barely cover housing and other basic necessities.
With little money to spare for food, many in our community — friends, family, coworkers — often go without food for meals at a time and have no other choice than to purchase the cheapest, sometimes expired, groceries to feed themselves and their families.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance
St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance collects and distributes food to approximately 530 partner agencies in Arizona. The Food Bank receives food from various sources including grocery stores, grocery suppliers, growers, produce warehouses, food drives and food donations from corporate and individual supporters. Partner agencies receive food in the form of non-perishable items, produce, dairy and meat in order to provide congregate meals or stock a food pantry. Agencies also receive Emergency Food Boxes and Emergency baby Boxes filled with a three-day supply of food for their recipients. Other services and programs include: site distributions where food is disseminated amongst members of a community through churches or community centers, food boxes delivered to the homebound elderly and handicapped, a program that allows people throughout the community to stretch their dollars and purchase a food box from the Food Bank, and a training program that teaches culinary skills to low-income adults.
Emergency Food Box Distribution
With boxes for families and infants, this food provides nutrition and nourishment for those facing a crisis situation.
Community Kitchen
A 15-week foodservice training course for low-income adults to learn the culinary craft, as well as life skills – this is truly a life changing program.
Kids Cafe
This program make nutritious meals and nutrition education available to children in low-income communities while they attend an after-school or summer program.
Mobile Pantry Distributions
Mobile Pantry Distributions create and open-air market for those unable to visit one of our 474 non-profit partner agency's distribution sites.
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
America's Second Harvest - Affiliate 1999
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of meals served or provided
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Number of pounds of food distributed.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
St. Mary's Food Bank serves to alleviate hunger through the gathering and distribution of food while encouraging self-sufficiency, collaboration, advocacy and education.
St. Mary's Food Bank is truly a community-based organization. Individual donors, corporate donors, and private grants help feed hungry individuals and families in our area. Serving two-thirds of Arizona's 15 counties, we are committed to volunteerism, building community relationships and improving the quality of life
for Arizonans in need.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Serving 13 of Arizona's 15 counties, the organization is committed to volunteerism, building community relationships and improving the quality of life for Arizonans in need. By partnering with 534 Arizona agencies, the Food Bank is able to distribute food to 700 sites. Keeping pace with the incredible upturn in need that has followed the poor economic climate and the huge rise in unemployment and underemployment, the Food Bank will distribute more than 65 million pounds of food in 2008-09 to meets the needs of the ever-rising number of Arizona's hungry - providing enough food into the community to provide nearly 300,000 meals per day.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
How do we tackle hunger in Arizona? With your support, we offer an array of programs designed to relieve hunger. We assist by distributing food to food pantries, dining halls, homeless shelters, and more. Our childhood hunger programs include delivering hot and cold after-school meals and backpacks of food for children to take home for weekends. Nearly one in three children in Arizona lives in poverty and is at risk of going to bed hungry tonight. Our Community Kitchen program is a life skills and food service training program for those with barriers to employment. Adult students gain skills and obtain jobs that offering livable wages and benefits. During the past decade, the Community Kitchen has provided thousands of meals to those in need, while transforming the lives of countless participants and families.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
In our fiscal year ended June 2017, we distributed 86 million pounds of food which equates to providing food enough for 300,000 meals daily. Within those 86 million pounds of food are 6,000 weekly cold and hot meals for children. Our strategic plan for the future includes expanding to 125 million pound of food distributed annually by 2021. Our success solely relies on the generosity and compassion of our supporter, both food and funds, and our wonderful volunteers.Our strategic plan for the future includes expanding to 125 million pound of food distributed annually by 2021. Our success solely relies on the generosity and compassion of our supporter, both food and funds, and our wonderful volunteers.
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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St. Mary's Food Bank
Board of directorsas of 7/21/2021
Mr. Marc Isaacs
Sun Orchard
Term: 2017 - 2019
Susan Wain
Scottsdale Insurance Company (Nationwide) (retired)
Nicki Schillhahn-Amos
Fry's Food Stores
Stephan King
Stephan King PC
Demetra John
Deloitte Consulting (retired)
Sheryl Hildebrand
Deloitte & Touche
Tom Clark
Nationwide
Will Feliz
Duncan Family Farms
Jilliann Feltham
Osborn School District
John Ginty
Golden West
Lisa Glenn
Arizona State University
Peter Larson
Brunswick Corp (retired)
Terry Morrison
Crescent Crown Distributing
Judd Norris
Arizona Diamondbacks
Erik Olsson
Mobile Mini
Gene Peterson
Wells Fargo
John Roussel
Shamrock Foods
Troy McNemar
McNemar Law Office
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes