Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO SUPPORT THE FEEDING AMERICA FOOD BANKS AND THEIR AFFILIATES SERVING IOWA IN THEIR WORK TO ENSURE THAT SUFFICIENT FOOD IS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL.
ALLEVIATE HUNGER BY SUPPORTING FEEDING AMERICA FOOD BANKS IN IOWA.
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) - IS AVAILABLE TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS, BUT DUE TO LACK OF ACCESS AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROGRAM MANY INDIVIDUALS DO NOT APPLY TO RECEIVE BENEFITS. DURING THE YEAR, THE ORGANIZATION ASSISTED WITH 9,910 SNAP APPLICATIONS THROUGH THE IFBA HOTLINE AND OUTREACH SPECIALISTS ACROSS THE STATE.
IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC, IFBA PARTICIPATED IN GOVERNOR REYNOLDS' FEEDING IOWANS TASK FORCE TO HELP ADDRESS HUNGER TO HELP CREATE MINI-SUPPLY CHAINS FOR FOOD BANKS TO FEED HUNGRY IOWANS IN THE FACE OF THE PANDEMIC. IN ADDITION, IFBA EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTED STATEWIDE MONETARY DONATIONS PROVIDED BY DONORS TO FOOD BANKS TO HELP ENSURE IOWANS ACROSS THE STATE RECEIVED THE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES NEEDED. IN RESPONSE TO IOWAS EXPERIENCE OF A 51% INCREASE IN NEED THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE PANDEMIC, IFBA AND ITS MEMBERSHIP WORKED TO IDENTIFY, COMMUNICATE, COORDINATE AND IMPLEMENT THE FEEDING OF MORE THAN 400,000 IOWANS.
IN COLLABORATION WITH IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP, FOOD PRODUCT (SUCH AS PORK, BEEF AND TURKEY) WERE DISTRIBUTED TO IFBA MEMBERS FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION. DISTRIBUTION WAS BASED ON FOOD BANK TEFAP PERCENTAGES TO ENSURE IOWANS ACROSS THE STATE RECEIVED GREATLY NEEDED PROTEIN. DURING THE YEAR, THE MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 45 MILLION MEALS ACROSS THE STATE OF IOWA. THIS PROGRAM WITH IDALS PROVIDED PROTEIN PRODUCT WHICH EQUALED MORE THAN 45,000 MEALS DISTRIBUTED BY IFBA MEMBER FOOD BANKS IN FY20.
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 |
|---|
| Linda Gorkow | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $69,100 |
| Kim Guardado | TREASURER/SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Michelle Book | VICE CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Barb Prather | CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Linda Scheid | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Brian Barks | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Michael Miller | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
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