Organizations Filed Purposes:
TARRANT AREA FOOD BANK (TAFB) VALUES AND EMBRACES DIVERSITY, FAIRNESS AND INCLUSION AS FUNDAMENTAL TO OUR VISION OF EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES WHERE NO ONE HAS TO GO HUNGRY. WE BELIEVE THAT ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD IS A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT AND NOT A PRIVILEGE AND THAT ALL PEOPLE DESERVE REGULAR, NUTRITIOUS MEALS. TAFB WORKS TO ELIMINATE HUNGER IN TARRANT AND 12 OTHER NORTH TEXAS COUNTIES BY PROVIDING FOOD, EDUCATION AND OTHER RESOURCES TO A NETWORK OF APPROXIMATELY 330 PARTNER AGENCIES.
TAFB empowers communities to eliminate hunger by providing food, education and resources through innovation and collaboration.
Tarrant Area Food Bank, founded in 1982, is a primary source of donated food for APPROXIMATELY 330 hunger relief agencies and feeding programs in Fort Worth, Texas and 13 surrounding counties. In FY 2019, Tarrant Area Food Bank provided access to 30 million nutritious meals through its network of partner agencies, mobile solutions, nutrition education and social service programs. These meals were provided in the form of bags of groceries for clients to take home, hot meals served on site or healthy snacks served during a group activity.
TARRANT AREA FOOD BANK (TAFB) OFFERS SIX UNIQUE FEEDING PROGRAMS THAT FOCUS ON THE NUTRITIONAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN. (1) AFTER SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAM - FEEDS CHILDREN WHO RECEIVE SUBSIDIZED MEALS AT SCHOOL BUT CANNOT RELY ON HAVING DINNER AT HOME. (2) WEEKEND BACK PACKS / SUMMER PACKS - PROVIDES BACK PACKS FILLED WITH CHILD FRIENDLY NONPERISHABLES FOR STUDENTS AND THEIR SCHOOL AGED SIBLINGS. (3) IN SCHOOL SNACK PROGRAMS - SNACKS ARE AVAILABLE TO AT RISK KIDS ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS TO HELP THEM FOCUS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY. (4) SCHOOL PANTRIES - TAFB DELIVERS NUTRITIOUS FOOD TO LOW INCOME SCHOOLS IN OUR SERVICE AREA TWO DAYS EACH WEEK. (5) SUMMER FEEDING PROGRAM - TAFB PARTNERS WITH THE USDA TO PROVIDE FREE DAILY MEALS TO CHILDREN 18 AND UNDER IN TARGETED LOW INCOME AREAS. (6) FARMER'S MARKET NUTRITIONAL PROGRAM -- TAFB PARTNERS WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO PROVIDE LOCALLY SOURCED FRESH PRODUCE DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN. IN TOTAL, TAFB AND ITS PARTNERS PROVIDED ACCESS TO OVER 875,000 NUTRITIOUS MEALS THROUGH THESE KID FRIENDLY, FAMILY FOCUSED PROGRAMS.
Tarrant Area Food Banks (TAFB) educational and outreach programs primarily consist of a culinary arts school, a series of nutritional education classes, a community garden and social services. TAFBs Community Kitchen is primarily a learning center that provides life skills and culinary arts job training but also doubles as a production kitchen that produces an average of 4,000 meals per month. The students benefit from receiving hands-on instruction from professional chefs and by developing job ready interpersonal skills to help with job search and retention 85% of graduates find full time employment after graduation. The community benefits by receiving 45,000 nutritious meals prepared from food that would otherwise have gone to waste. COOKING MATTERS OFFERS HANDS-ON SIX WEEK COURSES, GROCERY STORE TOURS AND WORKSHOPS TO LOW INCOME ADULTS AND FAMILIES. PARTICIPANTS LEARN ABOUT BASIC NUTRITION AND FOOD BUDGETING, STRATEGIC SHOPPING AND STRAIGHTFORWARD MEAL PREPARATION. OVER THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS, OVER 1,100 PEOPLE HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDED OVER 4,000 NUTRITIOUS MEALS TO THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES. TAFBS COMMUNITY GARDEN PROGRAM OPERATES TWO GARDEN LOCATIONS ON OVER A QUARTER-ACRE OF LAND, OFFERING HANDS ON TRAINING IN GROWING FRESH PRODUCE TO BOLSTER NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. APPROXIMATELY 4,000 POUNDS OF FRESH PRODUCE WAS PROVIDED TO FOOD PANTRIES AND COOKING MATTERS PARTCIPANTS. IN ADDITION TO OPERATING TWO GARDENS, PROGRAM STAFF PROVIDE TANGIBLE RESOURCES AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO A NETWORK OF COMMUNITY GARDENS AND URBAN FARMS THROUGHOUT OUR SERVICE AREA, INCLUDING 18 WORKSHOPS ON PRACTICAL GARDENING TOPICS TO OVER 300 PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
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 |
|---|
| Bo Soderbergh | Executive Director | 40 | $135,203 |
| Bennett Cepak | Associate Director | 40 | $112,962 |
| Barbara Ewen | Director - community relations | 40 | $111,207 |
| Jeffrey Akers | Senior Director, Technology | 40 | $103,840 |
| Patty Williams | Board of Directors | 1 | $0 |
| Mark Jones | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
| Daniel Gandarilla | board of directors | 1 | $0 |
| Karen Duncan | Board of Directors | 1 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Rainwater-Baggs | Member-at-large | 1 | $0 |
| Ty Stimpson | Board of Directors | 1 | $0 |
| David Speed | Board of Directors | 1 | $0 |
| Mirgitt Crespo | Member-at-large | 1 | $0 |
| Catherine Carlton | Past President | 1 | $0 |
| Jeff Paladini | Member-at-large | 1 | $0 |
| Andrew O Fort | President | 1 | $0 |
| Christina Kutej | board of directors | 1 | $0 |
| Gloria Starling | Board of Directors | 1 | $0 |
| Theresa Nash | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Cody Cotten | Board of Directors | 1 | $0 |
| Don Mills | President-elect | 1 | $0 |
| Theresa Ewing | Board of Directors | 1 | $0 |
| Justin Armstrong | Board of Directors | 1 | $0 |
| Scott Bagg | Board of Directors | 1 | $0 |
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