Our Mission, Vision & Values
The Idaho Foodbank’s Mission is to help feed, educate and advocate for Idaho’s hungry through collaborative partnerships to develop efficient solutions that strengthen individuals, families and communities.
Our Mission
Nourish, Educate, and Advocate to Support Thriving, Food-Secure Communities Across Idaho.
Our Vision
A Hunger-Free Idaho
Values
Belonging
We create environments where everyone feels valued, respected, and encouraged to contribute.
We embrace all perspectives and foster an environment where all voices are heard.
We build trust through empathy, conversations and mutual understanding.
We ensure every person we serve or work alongside knows they belong and matter.
Commitment
We dedicate ourselves fully to our mission and the communities we serve.
We have a commitment to our staff to provide a safe work environment and to provide safe food to our partners.
We go above and beyond to deliver meaningful, lasting impact.
We act with integrity and take accountability for our actions.
Collaboration
We strengthen connections to build resilient and thriving communities.
We cultivate partnerships that amplify collective impact.
We prioritize gathering a variety of perspectives and share responsibility for food security.
We celebrate the power of collaboration to transform our work and positively impact our neighbors and communities.
The Idaho Foodbank Creed
We strive to be valued by the citizens of Idaho for our relentless, collaborative efforts to end food insecurity and hunger in our state. We leverage the efficiencies of a statewide partner network, while we maintain a focus on local community solutions. Our fact-based commitment is to serve the state, its communities, families and individuals, and to achieve and preserve nutritional health for food-insecure Idahoans. Our service model must always demonstrate the best available practices, as well as the highest level of compassion, dignity and respect for our stakeholders and for each other.