Non-profit Instiution
NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK - Nationally Ranked Non-profit Instiution
A non-profit instiution, the NTFB was established in 1982 to address the critical issue of hunger in the North Texas area by securing donations of surplus unmarketable, but wholesome, foods and grocery products for distribution through a network of charitable organizations dedicated to feeding the hungry in 13 North Texas Counties, including Dallas, Denton, Collin, Fannin, Rockwall, Hunt, Grayson, Kaufman, Ellis, Navarro, Lamar, Delta and Hopkins. As a non-profit instiution operation, the Food Bank distributed 400,000 pounds of food. The North Texas Food Bank operates in accordance with the US Department of Agriculture and Texas Health and Human Services Commission policy, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability.
Members of the North Texas Food Bank's non-profit instiution organizing committee became advocates with members of the Texas Legislature for the passage of the Good Faith Donor Act, which protects donors from liability of donated product. With the passage of this act in 1983, many potential donors began actively donating.
The North Texas Food Bank is a certified member of Feeding America National Food Bank Network, formerly America's Second Harvest. Feeding America http://www.feedingamerica.org, the nation's largest non-profit instiution and domestic hunger relief organization, solicits food and grocery products from national suppliers for distribution through 200 certified Food Banks nationally. Feeding America also provides Food Banks with operational standards, training, support and inspection, and educates the public and government officials about the nature and solutions to the problem of hunger in the U.S. Of Feeding America’s 204 food banks, North Texas Food Bank was ranked 8th (2007-2008).
The North Texas Food Bank is a non-profit instiution with eleven substantial Feeding and Educational Programs, including Charitable Produce Center, Commodities Supplemental Food Program, Community Kitchen, Food for Families, Food 4 Kids, Hunger Link Prepared Foods, Kids Café, Main Program, Nutrition Education/Operation Frontline, Summer Food Service Program, and Texas Second Chance.
The North Texas Food Bank serves 260 Member Agencies, which also have to be recognized by Internal Revenue Services as 501(c)3 non-profit instiution and must offer services directly to the ill, needy, or children (under 18 years), free of charge and with no requirement to attend any kind of service. Each Member Agency must have operated a food program for at least six months and distribute food as an emergency food box or as a meal or snack prepared on site to be consumed on the premises. Each program site must be treated by licensed pest control at least once every quarter.
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