The Food Bank of Northern Nevada Revenue and Competitors

Incorporated in 1983 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, the Food Bank is a food distribution and support system for more than 100 different direct service, non-profit agencies serving the needy, the ill, the elderly and children. Last year, the Food Bank distributed more than 4 million pounds of food to more than 80 member agencies. This food, valued at more than $6.7 million, fed more than 58,000 people. Emergency food programs provided groceries to about 45,600 people in 2006. Two thirds of the people we serve are either under age 18 or over age 65 - people for whom employment is not an option - the most vulnerable members of our society. Eighty-five percent of the food collected by The Food Bank is distributed to families of the working poor and elderly. Residents of the community constitute 89 percent of agency clients.