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AUBURN INTERFAITH FOOD CLOSET INCORPORATED

Sharing the Blessings

aka AIFC   |   Auburn, CA   |  www.auburnfoodcloset.org

Mission

The Auburn Interfaith Food Closet provides nutritious food to those in need in our service area, preserving their dignity and encouraging self-reliance.

Notes from the nonprofit

AIFC is a 100% volunteer organization, with over 200 individuals providing over 24,000 hours of service in 2022. We are financially healthy. We completed our own, wholly-owned building, in 2021. The result was a reduction by 10% in our overall facility costs. We have several programs that achieve green-initiatives. We have a solar system that covers 60% of our electricity needs, with an upgrade scheduled in 2023 to achieve 100%. We recycle organic materials, to meet California requirements to reduce passing this to landfill.

Ruling year info

1999

President

Andy Hayes

Operations Manager

Sandy Bassett

Main address

PO Box 132

Auburn, CA 95604 USA

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EIN

68-0424269

NTEE code info

Food Banks, Food Pantries (K31)

IRS filing requirement

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Our lease has expired and our gracious landlord is allowing us to stay in place until a new building can be built. We have secured funding through fundraising efforts and a mortgage from the Rural Development division of the USDA. Construction has begun on the new building as of July 27, 2020. Expected completion date is February 2021. We were also awarded a grant to deliver groceries to homebound seniors. We began this effort in January 2020 and are currently serving 37 households with 51 individuals. We are planning to continue this program into next year.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Food Pantry

A four-day supply of nutritious food is given for each person in the family. A family is eligible for service once every 30-days. We serve residents of 17 zip codes within Placer County, California. The majority of people come for service at our facility during operation hours - 10am to 2pm, Monday-Friday and 4pm-7pm on Wednesday. We have a home delivery program for those people who do not have reliable transportation to be able to come during these hours. Additional details available on our website: [email protected]

Population(s) Served
Adults
Children and youth
Ethnic and racial groups
Economically disadvantaged people

Where we work

Awards

Collaboration Award 2013

Placer Community Foundation

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Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Number of clients served

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Adults

Related Program

Food Pantry

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Decreasing

Context Notes

This is the number of individuals to whom we provided groceries for nine meals each month. This number represents the number of actual visits.

Number of meals served or provided

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Adults

Related Program

Food Pantry

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Decreasing

Context Notes

This number represents the number of meals that could be prepared from the groceries provided.

Total number of volunteer hours contributed to the organization

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Adults

Related Program

Food Pantry

Type of Metric

Input - describing resources we use

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

Our organization is 100% volunteer - no paid staff at all. These are the number of volunteer hours reported to run this organization. There are many more hours not reported.

Number of items of food donated by our community

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Adults

Related Program

Food Pantry

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Context Notes

This number represents the number of food items donated by our community.

Number of new households served

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Adults

Related Program

Food Pantry

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Decreasing

Context Notes

This is the number of new households who have not visited the food closet in the previous two years. About 3% return who are considered new as the database has been purged.

Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

Our goal is to provide three days of nutritious food to each person needing food using the USDA Choose My Plate guideline. The groups we serve include: low income working families, including those on a fixed income (elderly, disabled), single mothers, unemployed, and the homeless. We currently meet the USDA guidelines.

Our second major focus is completing the construction of a building which will become our permanent home.

Our strategy is to make our needs known in our community and our sponsoring congregations. We are primarily funded by private donations and utilize our Sponsor A Family program to encourage donations. We are also supported by service clubs, and some corporations. It has been our experience that when we make the needs known our community of supporters respond.

We have engaged a local contractor who began construction July 27, 2020.

We partner with the Placer Food Bank in Roseville to distribute food from the USDA Emergency Food Assistance Program. This food is provided to us for free and reduces the amount of food we need to purchase. We are utilizing a client software program to keep track of clients, how often they come and the members in their family. We ask for identification and proof of residence to show they reside in our service area. Our greatest asset is the 220 volunteers we have in this program. We have no paid staff.

In regard to the building program, we are fortunate to have two board members with project and building experience to lead the project.

We are meeting the goals of providing nutritious food.


It took us three years to get all the County and USDA approvals for the building project, but now it is underway!

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • 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 make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    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

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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AUBURN INTERFAITH FOOD CLOSET INCORPORATED

Board of directors
as of 01/18/2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board co-chair

Andy Hayes


Board co-chair

Judie Whitman

Laurie Soper

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Jeff Garland

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Carol Mulder

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Peggy Fleming

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Belva Durel

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Peter Clark

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Delores Roberson

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Don Wilford

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Andrew Hayes

St. Teresa of Avila

Jeff Garland

St. Luke's Episcopal

Fran Wheaton

Our Savior Lutheran Church

Margaret Platt

Pioneer United Methodist Church

Barbara Ford

St.Teresa of Avila

Rich Goss

Upper Room Community Chruch

Katy Bartosh

St. Luke's Episcopal

Joan Bessley

St. Luke's Episcopal

Denise Wiest-Hoffman

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Mary Krebs

St. Teresa of Avila

Claudia Wilson

Parkside Nazarene

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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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 ? Not applicable
  • 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

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 1/18/2023
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or Straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

The organization's co-leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or Straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

Transgender Identity

Sexual orientation

No data

Disability

Equity strategies

Last updated: 11/12/2020

GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more

Data
  • 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 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.
Policies and processes
  • 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 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.