Bean's Cafe, Inc.
Feeding the hungry and homeless since 1979
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
1) Hunger among children, adults, and families 2) Homelessness
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
The Children's Lunchbox
The Children's Lunchbox is a program of Bean's Cafe. Through this program, we provide meals and snacks for hungry children in Anchorage, Alaska. We also provide Pantry Packs of groceries for families experiencing food insecurity.
When school children have nutritious food to eat, they are free to focus on learning.
Community Meals Program
Bean's Cafe provides meals for individuals experiencing homelessness and hunger. We provide individual meals for people living on the streets and in encampments. We also provide large pans of hot meals for people staying in shelters.
We've have seen that - when their basic human needs are met with dignity and respect - some men and women find the courage to move off the streets and begin building healthy lives.
Streets to Success
Our Streets to Success program addresses root causes of homelessness. Through this program, we support men and women with histories of homelessness, addiction, and criminal behaviors as they choose to accept personal responsibility and work to build healthy lives.
Services include peer mentoring, life skills training, educational support, and vocational training.
Streets to Success is a one-year residential program designed to serve 30 participants per year. The program structure is based on a well-researched model of care called Therapeutic Community. Evidence-based practices (CBT and MRT) serve as the foundation for program curriculums.
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
Better Business Bureau-Accredited Charity 2024
External reviews
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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
Related Program
Community Meals Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Decreasing
Context Notes
In 2023, Bean's Cafe provided 202,094 meals for individuals experiencing homelessness.
Number of children reached with a meal each school day
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
The Children's Lunchbox
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
In 2023, Bean's Cafe provided 78,521 meals for children at high risk of experiencing hunger and insufficient nutrition
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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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?
We aim to ensure that:
1) no child goes without food;
2) parents are no longer forced to choose between paying rent or feeding their families; and
3) men and women experiencing homelessness are treated with dignity, have enough food to eat, and have resources to move permanently out of homelessness.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
1) We prepare and provide meals for school children in need.
2) We provide meals for men and women living on the streets, in encampments, and in shelters.
3) We provide Pantry Packs of groceries for families in need of food.
4) We support men and women who are working to climb out of homelessness by addressing needs for belonging, peer mentorship, substance abuse recovery groups, life skills training, educational support, and vocational training.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We own and operate a large commercial kitchen that gives us capacity to prepare over 300,000 meals per year.
We own a warehouse that gives us capacity to pack and store over 50,000 Pantry Packs of groceries for families each year.
We launched a new program designed to support up to 30 men and women each year with tools to overcome homelessness.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Bean's Cafe was founded in 1979 and began providing meals for individuals experiencing homelessness.
We continue to provide over 200,000 meals each year for men and women who have no homes.
We began providing meals for school children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because the need is ongoing, we continue to provide meals for children in our community.
In 2020, we began providing Pantry Packs of groceries for families. In 2023, we provided more than 50,000 Pantry Packs - the highest number to-date.
In December of 2023, we officially launched a program to address root causes of homelessness. We anticipate continued growth in meeting this important need.
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Bean's Cafe, Inc.
Board of directorsas of 02/26/2024
Mr. Jonathan Hornak
Cornerstone Construction
Debbie Reinwand-McGuire
Brilliant Media Strategies
Teresa Jacobsson
JW Industries Group
Carol Gore
Cook Inlet Housing Authority
Ella Anagick
Law Offices of Ella Anagick
Kim Frensley
First National Bank
Rosie Barr
Brook Goss
Anchorage Fire Department, retired
Jamie McGrady
Federal Public Defender
Dave Valdez
Alaska Permanent Capital Management
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? Not applicable
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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