Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO ALLEVIATE HUNGER THROUGH THE GATHERING AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD WHILE ENCOURAGING SELF-SUFFICIENCY THROUGH COLLABORATION, ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION.
ALLEVIATE HUNGER THROUGH GATHERING AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD.
ST. MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE DISTRIBUTES EMERGENCY FOOD BOXES (EFBS) AT NO COST, TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED. EFBS ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY FOOD ASSISTANCE DURING TIMES OF CRISIS WHILE A MORE PERMANENT SOLUTION IS FOUND. A MAJORITY OF THOSE RECEIVING THESE BOXES INCLUDES THE ELDERLY, CHILDREN, WORKING FAMILIES, THE HOMELESS AND THOSE IMPACTED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. DESIGNED FOR CLIENTS OF THE FOOD BANK'S PARTNER AGENCIES WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN A SITUATION WHERE FOOD IS AN EMERGENCY ESSENTIAL, EACH BOX PROVIDES A 3-DAY SUPPLY OF NUTRITIOUS FOOD TO FAMILIES - OFFERING A HELPING HAND UNTIL THEY HAVE MORE PERMANENT ASSISTANCE. ST. MARY'S DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 550,000 EFBS DURING THE YEAR. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE OAGENCY SHOPPING AND SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY DISTRIBUTIONS: ST. MARY'S PROVIDES PERISHABLE AND NON-PERISHABLE FOOD, FREE OF CHARGE, TO HUNDREDS OF LOCAL AGENCIES THAT, IN TURN, PROVIDE FOOD TO THEIR CLIENTS (INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED THROUGHOUT ARIZONA). APPROXIMATELY 107 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD WERE DISTRIBUTED DURING THE YEAR.MOBILE PANTRIES: NOT EVERYONE CAN COME TO A ST. MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE LOCATION FOR EMERGENCY BOXES, SO WE HAVE EXPANDED OUR EFFORTS TO BRING THE FOOD BANK TO THEM. DRIVE PAST A CERTAIN PRIMARY SCHOOL IN PHOENIX ONE WEDNESDAY EACH MONTH, AND YOU WILL SEE A ST. MARY'S FOOD BANK TRUCK, ALONG WITH PALLETS OF FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND BREAD AS WELL AS DOZENS OF NEIGHBORHOOD FAMILIES AWAITING THIS MUCH-NEEDED, NUTRITIOUS FOOD. THIS SCENE IS PLAYING OUT IN COUNTLESS COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT ARIZONA AS THE ST. MARY'S MOBILE PANTRY PROGRAM, WHICH HAS GROWN TO MORE THAN 156 SITES IN BOTH RURAL AND URBAN LOCATIONS, BRINGING FOOD DIRECTLY TO NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE GREATEST NEED. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, ST. MARY'S DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 9.7 MILLION POUNDS.BACKPACK PROGRAM: THE BACKPACK PROGRAM PROVIDES "CHRONICALLY HUNGRY" CHILDREN IN ARIZONA WITH NON-PERISHABLE FOOD, PRIMARILY MEALS THAT KIDS CAN TAKE HOME AND EAT ON WEEKENDS WHEN NOT IN SCHOOL. PRIOR TO COVID-19, WE COLLABORATED WITH MORE THAN 132 SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS TO PROVIDE MORE THAN 7,000 BACKPACKS IN ARIZONA AS A SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD SOURCE THAT IS DISTRIBUTED TO CHILDREN EACH FRIDAY. IN MARCH 2020, THE PANDEMIC FORCED SCHOOLS TO CLOSE ACROSS THE STATE. DURING THE HEIGHT OF COVID-19, WE HAD 90 SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS CONTINUE PROVIDING MORE THAN 5,500 BACKPACKS TO CHILDREN USING A DRIVE-THRU DISTRIBUTION MODEL.SOURCE DISTRIBUTION: SOURCE DISTRIBUTION IS A VOLUME-BUYING SERVICE OFFERED BY ST. MARY'S FOOD BANK TO ITS PARTNER AGENCY ORGANIZATIONS. BY PURCHASING IN TRUCKLOAD QUANTITIES, ST. MARY'S IS ABLE TO PROCURE POPULAR FOOD ITEMS, WHICH ARE NOT NORMALLY AVAILABLE AS DONATIONS, AT WHOLESALE PRICES AND PASS THE SAVINGS ON TO ITS AGENCIES.AS THE ORGANIZATION RESPONDED TO AN UNPRECEDENTED SPIKE IN NEED FOR EMERGENCY FOOD DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, A $430,000 ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN WAS LAUNCHED AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2020 TO REASSURE THE COMMUNITY THAT THE FOOD BANK WAS OPEN AND AVAILABLE TO SERVE THE PUBLIC.
THE COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM (CSFP) IS A FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAM WHICH WORKS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF LOW-INCOME ELDERLY PEOPLE AT LEAST 60 YEARS OF AGE BY SUPPLEMENTING THEIR DIETS WITH NUTRITIOUS USDA COMMODITY FOODS.
"BECAUSE NO CHILD DESERVES TO GO TO BED HUNGRY," KIDS CAFE AIMS TO ALLEVIATE CHILDHOOD HUNGER IN ARIZONA BY PROVIDING NUTRITIOUS MEALS TO CHILDREN AT RISK OF HUNGER. PRIOR TO COVID-19, KIDS CAFE SERVED MORE THAN 6,400 MEALS A DAY DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. IN MARCH 2020, COVID-19 FORCED SCHOOLS TO CLOSE ALONG WITH THE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS WHERE KIDS CAFE MEALS ARE SERVED. ST. MARY'S TARGETED SERVING MEALS IN EMERGENCY CHILDCARE CENTERS FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND WHERE LOW-INCOME KIDS LIVED, SUCH AS APARTMENT COMPLEXES. DURING THE PANDEMIC, KIDS CAFE CONTINUED TO SERVE MORE THAN 3,600 MEALS DAILY DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND MORE THAN 8,700 MEALS A DAY DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS - ALL AT A SAFE, ACCESSIBLE AND NURTURING ENVIRONMENT TO BENEFIT AT-RISK CHILDREN. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O. OFTEN PART OF AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT ALSO INCLUDES TUTORING, HOMEWORK STUDY GROUPS AND ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES, KIDS CAFE PARTNERS WITH AREA CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY CENTERS AND CITY PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENTS TO PROVIDE MEALS FOR KIDS WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE A DEPENDABLE EVENING MEAL AT HOME.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Tom Kertis | PRESIDENT & CEO | 40 | $242,347 |
| Sarah Stuckey | CFO | 40 | $180,005 |
| Lisa Notaro-Goin | CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER | 40 | $175,157 |
| Duane Lawson | CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | 40 | $169,790 |
| Marcos Gaucin | CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER | 40 | $142,669 |
| Laura Brill | SR DIR OF CULINARY & NUTRITION PROG | 40 | $100,442 |
| Becky Winterscheidt | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| John Roussel | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Gene Peterson | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Graeme Parkes | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Erik Olsson | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Judd Norris | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Terry Morrison | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Peter Larson | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Stephan King | DIRECTOR (LEFT 9/19) | 1 | $0 |
| Sheryl Hildebrand | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Arnott Duncan | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Tom Clark | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jackie Askin | DIRECTOR (NEW 11/19) | 1 | $0 |
| John Demetra | PAST CHAIR (LEFT 10/19) | 2 | $0 |
| Bob Beake | VICE CHAIR | 2 | $0 |
| John Ginty | TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| Douglas Currault | SECRETARY | 2 | $0 |
| Marc Isaacs | CHAIRMAN | 2 | $0 |
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