Idaho Food Bank Fund Announces 2024 Grant Recipients
Thanks to the generosity of Idaho taxpayers, who chose to donate to the Idaho Food Bank Fund, 72 organizations across the state received grants to further their work to solve hunger in Idaho. This is close to double the number of organizations gifted in 2023. The grants – totaling $178,718 – are allocated to help recipients operate programs, purchase food, expand capacity (new freezers, shelving, transportation, etc.), and to promote or provide nutrition education for underserved and marginalized Idahoans.
“Idaho taxpayers can be proud that via the Idaho Food Bank Fund we are collaboratively working towards relieving food insecurity in communities around the state,” said Randy Ford, President and CEO of The Idaho Foodbank. “The Fund is a valuable tool to support local organizations that are working every day to help Idahoans in need.”
You can find the full list of Idaho’s 2024 grant recipients and learn more about the Idaho Food Bank Fund here.
The Idaho Food Bank Fund was established by the Idaho State Legislature in 2009 and provides financial support to Idaho nonprofits. It is administered by Catholic Charities of Idaho and The Idaho Foodbank. The fund is financed by the generosity of the Idaho taxpayers when they donate through a “check off” box on their Idaho State tax returns.
North Idaho recipients include:
Upriver Foodbank, $4,500.00
3rd Avenue Marketplace, $4,000.00
Bonner Community Food Bank, $4,000.00
Food for Our Children, Inc., $4,000.00
The Salvation Army, Lewiston, $3,600.00
Salmon River Senior Citizens, Inc., $3,000.00
Lake City Center, $2,500.00
Sandpoint Area Seniors, Inc., $2,500.00
Potlatch Food Pantry, $2,500.00
Potlatch Senior Citizens, Inc., $2,500.00
Priest River Ministries – Advocates for Women, Inc., $2,500.00
Senior Citizens Dollar A Month Club, Inc., $2,500.00
Juliaetta-Kendrick Good Samaritan Food Bank, $1,500.00
Lewiston First Church of the Nazarene, $1,500.00
Deary Community Foodbank, $925.00
Troy Community Foodbank, $938.00
Southwest Idaho recipients include:
Our Lady of Good Counsel St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry, $4,000.00
Parma Senior Center, $4,000.00
St. Clare’s Food Pantry, $4,000.00
The Idaho Foodbank Warehouse, Inc., $4,000.00
Jerome Senior Center, $2,755.00
Blaine County Hunger Coalition, $2,500.00
Boise Rescue Mission, $2,500.00
Boys & Girls Clubs of Ada County, $2,500.00
Camas County Senior Citizens, Inc., $2,500.00
Corpus Christi House, $2,500.00
The Cascade Food Pantry, $2,500.00
Emmett Valley Friendship Coalition, $2,500.00
Homedale Senior Center, $2,500.00
Hope for the Hungry Food Pantry, $2,500.00
Idaho Farmers Market Association, Inc., $2,500.00
Middleton Food Pantry, $2,500.00
Star Food Bank, $2,500.00
St. John’s Food Bank, $2,500.00
The Salvation Army, Caldwell, $2,500.00
Angel Wings Network, Inc., $1,500.00
Boise State Campus Food Pantry, $1,500.00
Caldwell Health Coalition c/o Idaho Hunger Relief Task Force, $1,500.00
Cathedral of the Rockies, Amity Campus, $1,500.00
Community Food Share, Inc., $1,500.00
Garden Valley Seniors, Inc., $1,500.00
Girls on the Run Southern Idaho, $1,500.00
Giraffe Laugh Early Learning Centers, $1,500.00
God’s Community Food & Clothing Closet Pantry, $1,500.00
Horseshoe Bend Community Pantry, LLC., $1,500.00
Kuna Food Bank, Inc., $1,500.00
Life’s Kitchen, Inc., $1,500.00
Meridian Library Foundation, $1,500.00
Rock Creek Food Pantry, $1,500.00
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Inc., $1,500.00
United Way of Magic Valley, Inc., $1,500.00
Voices Against Violence, $1,500.00
Helping Hearts and Hands, $1,000.00
Eastern Idaho recipients include:
Bingham County Senior Citizens Center, $4,000.00
Community Food Basket, Idaho Falls, $4,000.00
Family Crisis Center, $4,000.00
Happyville Farm, $4,000.00
Lost River Senior Center, $4,000.00
Seniors West of the Tetons, $4,000.00
Teton Valley Food Pantry, Inc., $4,000.00
Aid for Friends, 3,000.00
Rigby Senior Center, $3,500.00
Idaho Falls Soup Kitchen, $2,500.00
People In Need Coalition (PINC), $2,500.00
Ririe Senior Citizens, Inc., $2,500.00
Senior Citizens’ Community Center, Inc., $2,500.00
The Salvation Army, Idaho Falls, $2,500.00
Valley Mission, LLC, $2,500.00
Aberdeen Senior Center, $1,500.00
Cornerstone Pentecostal Church, $1,500.00
Oneida Crisis Center, $1,500.00
The Giving Cupboard, $1,500.00