The Capital Area Food Bank Hunger Hotline Staff person is incompetent. She has sent me to several closed food pantries which wasted both my time and money. I am displeased with the quality of the services I received. While I may not be able to afford food I should be given respect by an organization that claims to serve those in need.
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- EIN 52-1167581
- (202) 644-9800
- 4900 Puerto Rico Ave Ne Washington DC 20017-2313 USA
- www.capitalareafoodbank.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Food, Food Banks & Pantries
Mission: The mission of the capital area food bank (the food bank) is to feed those who suffer from hunger in the washington, d. C. Metropolitan area by acquiring food and distributing directly and through our network of member agencies; and to educate, empower and enlighten the community about the issues of hunger and nutrition.
Programs: The food bank operates warehouses that collect, inspect, clean, process, sort, and distribute food to approximately 440 local nonprofit feeding programs throughout the metropolitan washington d. C. Area. These include shelters, low-income day care centers, soup kitchens, and emergency food programs. In addition to purchasing, collecting, and distributing food, the food bank administers direct distribution food programs, education programs in nutrition, food budgeting, and capacity building to address the underlying causes of hunger. The food bank received 28,475,912 pounds of donated food during the year ended june 30, 2015, with an estimated value of $48,978,569. Of this amount, the food bank distributed 28,514,744 pounds of donated food during the year ended june 30, 2015, with an estimated value of $49,003,820. In addition to donated food, as part of its purchased product and fresh produce program that supplements the variety of donated food, the food bank distributed food valued at $5,154,399 during the year ended june 30, 2015. The food bank also administered three emergency food assistance programs (tefap) throughout the dc metro region. The food bank acts as a pass-through agency, receiving and distributing food commodities from the usda. The combined value of food commodities distributed for the tefap programs was $4,000,627 for the year ended june 30, 2015.