Organizations Filed Purposes:
LOAVES AND FISHES PROVIDES FREE, HEALTHY MEALS TO MINNESOTANS IN AREAS WHERE NEED IS GREATEST. OUR ENHANCED MISSION EMPHASIZES NUTRITION IN EVERY MEAL, WHICH INCLUDES A LOCAL FARM-TO-TABLE APPROACH DURING MINNESOTA'S GROWING SEASON. WE ARE ALWAYS GUIDED BY OUR VISION THAT ALL PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF SOCIOECONOMIC, CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS, OR ETHNIC BACKGROUND, DESERVE TO MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS FOR FOOD, DIGNITY AND RESPECT.
LOAVES AND FISHES SERVES OVER ONE MILLION FREE, HEALTHY MEALS ANNUALLY TO ANYONE IN NEED IN MINNESOTA. OUR MULTI-FACETED MEAL PROGRAMMING INCLUDES: PUBLIC DINING, STREET OUTREACH, STUDENT MEALS AND SNACKS, FREE PRODUCE MARKETS, AND THE HUB - A PROGRAM THAT ENABLES SMALL GROUPS AND NONPROFITS TO SOURCE OUR FRESH FOODS AFFORDABLY. OUR PROGRAMS ARE SUPPORTED BY CREATIVE FOOD SOURCING THAT INCLUDES RESCUING VALUABLE FOOD THAT WOULD OTHERWISE GO TO LANDFILLS AND GROWING FRESH PRODUCE AT OUR OWN LOCAL FARM AND GARDENS. WE BELIEVE FOOD IS MEDICINE AND THE PEOPLE WE SERVE RECEIVE A HEALTHY MEAL PRESCRIPTION EVERY TIME WE NOURISH THEM.
LOAVES AND FISHES' FREE MEAL PROGRAMMING PROVIDED 1,360,720 HEALTHY MEALS IN CALENDAR YEAR 2019. WE OPERATED IN 8 COUNTIES AT 32 PUBLIC DINING SITE LOCATIONS, 10 STREET OUTREACH LOCATIONS, 36 SUMMER MEAL SITES FOR STUDENTS, 7 AFTER-SCHOOL MEAL AND SNACK PROGRAM LOCATIONS, AND ONE PRODUCE MARKET. WE ALSO EXPANDED OUR PARTNER PROGRAM CALLED THE HUB TO 40 SMALL GROUPS AND NONPROFITS. A COMBINATION OF STAFF, PARTNERS AND VOLUNTEERS COOK AND SERVE MEALS EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK, YEAR-ROUND.
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 |
|---|
| Cathy Maes | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $118,938 |
| Leah Tomasetti | DIRECTOR - PART YEAR | 1 | $0 |
| Audrey Johnson | DIRECTOR - PART YEAR | 1 | $0 |
| Paula Graff | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Emily Schmitz | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jeremy Striffler | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Mary Frances Schurb | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Brian Numainville | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Mark Hoiland | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jay Gerczak | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Michael Degan | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Douglas Hlavacek | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Charlie Gits | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Jason Burnett | VICE CHAIRMAN | 1 | $0 |
| Steve Ripple | BOARD CHAIRMAN | 1 | $0 |
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