Western Eagle Foundation Inc
Mission
Providing hunger relief to rural areas and communities in Riverside County. Western Eagle has a huge 44,000 square foot warehouse with discount store and among its other programs listed below is a local Food Bank and has the space and capacity to handle large donations from the food industry. Western Eagle can safely process purchased and/or donated food into family-sized portions in its reclamation department. Western Eagle sources, processes and temporarily stores large quantities of various foods. Then, every week, food pantries, non-profit agencies and faith-based organizations pick up pallets of food in their vehicles to do their work and fill neighbors plates. Western Eagle provides FREE FOOD BAG days, Customized Food Boxes, Senior Discount Days and Work Development programs.
Ruling year
1996
Chief Executive Officer
Todd Sieja
Main address
40940 County Center Dr
Temecula, CA 92591 USA
EIN
33-0498064
NTEE code
Single Organization Support (D11)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Provide solutions for hunger relief in Riverside and San Diego County, through the Western Eagle Community Food Bank, FREE food bags for low-income, Customized Food Boxes (available to general public), and Discount Food and Home Goods Store (open to general public 7 days a week for easy access to food).
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Discount Food and Home Goods Store
Discount Food and Home Goods
A 44,000 sq. ft warehouse with heavily discounted food and home goods purchased directly by Western Eagle Foundation from direct suppliers, food brokerages, farms, grocery superstores and discount stores and/or donated. Open to public. Physical Address: 40940 County Center Drive, Temecula, CA. Open 7 days a week for easy access to low-cost foods and goods. Hours: 9:00am to 6pm. Extra discount every Tuesday for Seniors! All forms of payment accepted including SNAP.
Community Food Bank
Western Eagle Foundation food bank has the space and capacity to purchase inventory and handle large donations from the food industry. As a 44,000 square foot warehouse, there is room for thousands of pounds of frozen or refrigerated food, dry goods and fresh vegetables and fruits. Weekly, local community food pantries, nonprofit agencies feeding families and faith-based organizations drive-thru to pick up pallets of food and distribute to communities in need of food. Serving Riverside and San Diego County.
FREE Food Bags
FREE Food Bags
Western Eagle Foundation is able to offer low to moderate income families a “free” food bag of staples (canned and dry goods). Free food bags are distributed twice a month and dates are posted both in weekly communications and social media. Family member must bring or fill out self-certification form for eligibility.
Customized Food Boxes
Customized Food Boxes
Western Eagle Foundation directly purchases boxes of staples each week and additionally provides choice of breads, fresh vegetables, fruits, and proteins to offer a nutritious food box to individuals/families daily. On average 300 families take advantage of this opportunity (available to general public) a week to help supplement their family’s food budget.
Available:
Monday-Friday 9-5:15
Saturday-Sunday 9-4:15
Work Development Program
Western Eagle Foundation’s program for volunteer youth, young adults, seniors, individuals with disabilities, veterans, those in recovery programs or needed community service hours, enabling them to move forward toward their goals and increase their skill set in stocking, packing, and shelving, sorting, pricing, cashiering, customer service, work ethics and business policies and procedures.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsNumber of individuals, seniors and families that have access to food solutions, customer survey of clients, sign-in
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Children and youth, Ethnic and racial groups, Economically disadvantaged people
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Customized Food boxes x 1200 (general public) a month x 12 months Community Food Bank= food distributed through agencies to 300,000 families annually Free Food Bags- 400 a month x 12 months
Number of clients served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Children and youth, Ethnic and racial groups, Economically disadvantaged people
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Western Eagle Food Bank Western Eagle Customized Food Boxes (available to general public) Western Eagle FREE Food Bags (helping the economically disadvantaged).
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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?
Goals for October 2022 through September 30, 2023
*Increase number of suppliers providing nutritious food option/opportunities to purchase for Western Eagle Foundation food bank.
*Increase distributing pallets of food to local food pantries, nonprofit agencies feeding the hungry and faith-based organizations through our Food Bank.
*Increase number of customized food boxes made available to food insecure families in both Riverside and San Diego County
* Increase number of FREE food bags distributed to economically disadvantaged in Riverside and San Diego County
*Increase number of customers visiting the Western Eagle Food Store and taking advantage of low-cost solutions to grocery and home good purchases.
* Increase community engagement and awareness of program services.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Strategies:
Increase number of suppliers/donors providing nutritious food option/opportunities to purchase for Western Eagle Foundation food bank by increasing communications and improving relationships with previous and current suppliers and forming good working relationships with fair equity for both parties.
*Increase number of free food bags and food boxes distributed to food insecure families in both Riverside and San Diego County by securing grant funding.
*Increase number of customers visiting the Western Eagle Food Store and taking advantage of low-cost solutions to grocery and home good purchases through community awareness and engagement, store promotions, advertisement, press releases, and store events.
* Increase community engagement and awareness of program services through weekly and monthly communications, social media daily posts and marketing to consumers and connecting with city councils, public offices, county supervisors and private funders to increase awareness of programs that benefit the community residents.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Western Eagle Foundation has hired both a nonprofit consultant/grant writer and a marketing firm to assist with both Fund Development and Marketing/Advertising/Community Engagement.
Todd Sieja, CEO continues to work with suppliers, manage staff and volunteers.
Western Eagle Foundation has the warehouse capacity and inventory to meet goals.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Hired Nonprofit Consultant and Grant Writer
Hired Marketing/Advertising firm.
Brand image
Expanded Community knowledge and engagement.
Improved Weekly and monthly communications, and social media postings
Awarded grant funding.
Enhanced programs and collection of client data for reports and reimbursement grant reporting.
Website improved to reflect programs and client impact.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
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Western Eagle Foundation Inc
Board of directorsas of 04/11/2023
Mr. Todd Sieja
Western Eagle Foundation
Savy Sieja
Western Eagle Foundation
Curt Nicholas
Dave Tear
Paul Zarkowski
Pete Sanchez
Kevin Mcnamara
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
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
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