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- EIN 23-7122205
- info@freestorefoodbank.org
- (513) 482-4500
- 1141 Central Parkway Cincinnati OH 45202 USA
- http://www.freestorefoodbank.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Food, Food Banks & Pantries, Homeless & Housing, Housing Search Assistance, Job Training, Vocational Rehabilitation
Mission: The Freestore Foodbank is a private, non-profit charitable organization, which was founded in 1971 and is the largest provider of direct emergency services to the needy of the Greater Cincinnati area. The FreestoreFoodbank is the only distributor of donated and surplus food products to a large network of non-profit member organizations located in southwestern Ohio, northern Kentucky and southeastern Indiana.
Programs: Since the agency began distributing food it has grown tremendously. It now operates two major divisions -- Client Services and FoodBank.
Client Services
The mission of Client Services is to disburse emergency food, clothing, furniture and other household items to individuals and families in crisis situations. It is also to help relieve homelessness by connecting people with housing and assisting them with budgeting.
Thorough casework and interviewing assures that everyone who comes for assistance will receive either direct support from the FreeStoreFoodBank or a referral to another agency that can help. The Protective Payee Program offers case management services to the chronically mentally ill which include financial control of government assistance: making sure the individual's rent and utility bills are paid and that he or she has money for food and other necessities throughout each month. The Housing Assistance Program works with tenants and landlords to forestall evictions and prevent homelessness. A direct rent payment service is offered by working cooperatively with inner city landlords and at-risk renters to provide housing stabilization services.
The FoodBank mission is to prevent waste of usable but not salable surplus and salvage food and personal care products by providing a channel through which donations from industrial sources flow to members (non-profit agencies) serving the needy, ill and children. FoodBank products offset program costs and stretch operating dollars for agencies such as: soup kitchens, shelters, day care centers, nursing homes and hospitals, group homes, food pantries, health centers, and parochial schools.
The FoodBank provides food and other items to over 500 charities in a 20 county area making it the 17th largest foodbank in the country. In 1979, FreeStoreFoodBank became a founding member of America's Second Harvest - The Nation's FoodBank Network.