Marion Polk Food Share

What Marion Polk Food Share does

Marion Polk Food Share is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit food bank headquartered at 1660 Salem Industrial Drive NE in Salem, Oregon, serving Marion and Polk counties in the Mid-Willamette Valley. Founded in 1987, the organization is a member of the Oregon Food Bank Network and is rated four-out-of-four-stars by Charity Navigator. It collects and redistributes approximately 9 million pounds of food annually, equivalent to more than 7.5 million meals, through a hybrid distribution model spanning 70+ partner agency pantries, 47 publicly listed pantry and meal sites, two directly operated pantries (AWARE Food Bank in Woodburn and Iskam MəkhMək-Haws in Grand Ronde, the latter operated jointly with the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde), Mobile Pantry routes in rural North Marion County and with the Micronesian Islander Community, Meals on Wheels home delivery in Salem-Keizer, the USDA Commodity Supplemental Food Program (Senior Grocery Program), a six-acre Youth Farm at Chemeketa Community College, and 50+ community gardens. The organization also operates the Farm Share Rx produce-prescription program with Salem Clinic, Grand Ronde, and Stayton partner clinics for low-income patients at risk of diet-related illness. Services are free at the point of receipt with no ID, income, address, or citizenship verification, and bilingual materials are available in 12+ languages including Spanish, Russian, Chuukese, Marshallese, Tagalog, Korean, Arabic, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Ukrainian.

The organization's operational technology is a portfolio of third-party partner-agency and donor tools rather than a unified proprietary platform: Primarius Web Window (P2) for partner ordering and service-statistics submission, MealConnect for Fresh Alliance donor reporting, Link2Feed for client intake across the partner network, Blackbaud-hosted web forms for donation transactions, Volgistics for volunteer management, Google Forms for Youth Farm applications, and Paycor for recruiting. No public-facing API, SDK, or AI/ML capability is offered. Revenue is generated from a diversified mix of fundraising streams including one-time online donations, the Monthly Sustainer Circle, in-kind food industry donations, food drives, IRA charitable rollovers, stock and securities transfers (Merrill Lynch DTC 8862), legacy/bequest gifts, signature fundraising events (Chefs' Night Out and Farm to Table Dinner & Auction), corporate and foundation grants (The Collins Foundation, Ford Family Foundation, Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation, Oregon Community Foundation, Salem Foundation, The Roundhouse Foundation, PacificSource, Willamette Health Council, among others), government grants (Oregon Department of Human Services), and modest service fees from Meals on Wheels ($7.50/home-delivered meal, $7.00/congregate lunch). The organization is led by President & CEO Rick Gaupo (CEO since 2013 after joining as COO in 2011), VP of Programs Ian Dixon-McDonald, VP of Donor Relations Julie Hambuchen, Director of Operations Kendra Alexander, Director of Donor Relations Corrina Hawkins, Director of Finance Reggie Peters (joined Nov 2023), Director of People and Culture Olmo Aguilar, and Director of Meals on Wheels Carolyn Scarbrough, and is governed by a Board of Directors chaired by Holly Nelson.

Name

Marion Polk Food Share

Legal name

Marion Polk Food Share, Inc.

Website

https://marionpolkfoodshare.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Marion Polk Food Share is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit food bank headquartered in Salem, Oregon, that collects and distributes approximately 9 million pounds of food annually (7.5+ million meals) across Marion and Polk counties through 70+ partner agencies, directly operated pantries, Mobile Pantries, Meals on Wheels, a Youth Farm, and community gardens.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food Assistance Services

NAICS

Community Food Services (624210)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Food Assistance & Food Banks (BPAGAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Food Assistance & Safety Nets (In-Kind, Vouchers, Cash Transfers) (BPADAJAA), Food & Nutrition Assistance Programs (BPAIAKAF)

Keywords

• Food bank services
• Hunger relief programs
• Community food distribution
• Meals on Wheels
• Food assistance programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Salem

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. One-time online donations: Donors give one-time gifts via an online Blackbaud-hosted form in preset amounts of $25, $50, $100, $500, $1,000 or a custom amount. Donations are unrestricted, designated 'Give Today To End Hunger', and qualify for tax-deductible receipts.
2. Monthly recurring donations (Sustainer Circle): Monthly sustaining donations in preset amounts of $25, $40, $50, $75, $100 or custom amounts, billed on the 5th or 20th of each month. Provides a steady, predictable revenue base; existing sustainers can update their recurring gift online.
3. Stock and securities gifts: Donors transfer appreciated stock via a Merrill Lynch brokerage account (Account 25F-02105, DTC 8862); Food Share is notified of the transfer to alert its broker. Tax ID 94-3034161. Eligible for federal deductions.
4. IRA charitable rollover / qualified charitable distributions: Donors aged 70½+ can direct up to $100,000 per calendar year from their IRA to the Food Share tax-free under the Taxpayer Relief Act of 2015; counts toward required minimum distributions but is excluded from taxable income.
5. Legacy / bequest giving: Donors include the Food Share in estate plans via bequest language; provides long-term unrestricted capital and may reduce donor exposure to federal estate and state inheritance taxes.
6. In-kind food donations (food drives and food industry): Donations of food from individuals, food drives (with supplied collection barrels), and food industry partners (growers, retailers, manufacturers, truckers). Eligible for Oregon crop donation tax credit and federal enhanced deduction; donations are accepted fresh, frozen, dry, bulk, canned, surplus, mislabeled, code-dated, etc. Food Share is FDA and ODA inspected.
7. Meals on Wheels meal fees: Home-delivered meals are sold at $7.50 per meal (debit/credit/check accepted); congregate dining room lunches are $7.00; subsidies available via Northwest Senior and Disability Services and other case-managed meal programs based on age, disability, or income.
8. Special-event fundraising (Chefs' Night Out, Farm to Table): Annual ticketed tasting and auction events in partnership with regional restaurants, wineries, breweries, and sponsors. 2026 Chefs' Night Out raised funds for 204,500+ meals; 2025 Farm to Table raised $253,000 / 759,000 meals. Includes VIP admission tier, live/silent auctions, and corporate sponsorship packages.
9. Corporate and foundation grants/sponsorships: Leadership contributions from corporations, private foundations (e.g., The Collins Foundation, Ford Family Foundation, Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation, Oregon Community Foundation, Salem Foundation, The Roundhouse Foundation), and government grants (e.g., Oregon Department of Human Services). Recognized in published 2025 partner list.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Marion Polk Food Share collects, repackages, and distributes nutritious food through a network of 70+ partner pantries, two directly operated community pantries (AWARE Food Bank in Woodburn and Iskam MəkhMək-Haws in Grand Ronde), Mobile Pantries serving rural North Marion County and culturally specific communities, the Meals on Wheels home delivery and congregate dining program, a six-acre Youth Farm, and 50+ community gardens. In 2025 the organization distributed approximately 9 million pounds of food, providing more than 7.5 million meals to food-insecure residents of Marion and Polk counties in Oregon; food assistance is provided free of charge with no ID, income, address, or citizenship verification.

Product overview

Marion Polk Food Share's offering is a single coordinated nonprofit hunger-relief portfolio rather than a unified software product: it distributes nutritious food and operates community programs across Marion and Polk counties in Oregon's Mid-Willamette Valley, all under one mission brand. The portfolio combines a direct food-distribution backbone (Food Pantries including AWARE Food Bank, Iskam MәkhMәk-Haws, the Mobile Pantry Program, and the Senior Grocery Program / CSFP), the home-delivered Meals on Wheels service, the Community Gardens network, the Youth Farm and Farm Share Rx program, a volunteer operations program, and donation channels (one-time, monthly sustainer, food, stock, IRA, legacy, and food-industry donations). These named programs interlock as modules: the Youth Farm grows produce that flows into Food Pantries and the Farm Share Rx program; Mobile Pantries extend pantry reach into rural and underserved areas; Senior Grocery and Meals on Wheels cover senior hunger; Community Gardens support long-term food security; and donations, events, and volunteers sustain the entire network.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Meals on Wheels (Salem-Keizer): Home-delivered meals program for homebound seniors and adults with disabilities in Salem and Keizer, Oregon; also offers congregate dining at Center 50+.
• Youth Farm
• AWARE Food Bank / Dispensa de Alimentos
• Iskam MǝkʰMǝk-Haws
• Senior Grocery Program
• Farm Share Rx

Products and services

• AWARE Food Bank / Despensa de Alimentos
• Iskam MəkhMək-Haws
• Mobile Pantry Program
• Senior Grocery Program (CSFP)
• Meals on Wheels
• Community Gardens
• Youth Farm
• Farm Share Rx Program
• Partner Agency Pantry Network

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Feeding America: National network of 200+ food banks that Marion Polk Food Share is affiliated with through the Oregon Food Bank; sets national standards for TEFAP/TEFAP administration, partner-agency operations, and food-safety compliance that the Food Share follows.
• Oregon Food Bank: Statewide food bank network of which Marion Polk Food Share is a member; aggregates and distributes food across Oregon to regional food banks, providing a directly comparable hunger-relief model with similar USDA program administration and donor-mix structure.

Others

• Meals on Wheels America: National organization supporting local Meals on Wheels programs; the Salem-Keizer Meals on Wheels operated by Marion Polk Food Share is a directly comparable local Meals on Wheels affiliate in operating model, federal funding exposure, and senior-nutrition mission.

Direct peers

• Coastal Bend Food Bank: Regional food bank operating Kids Cafe, a partner-agency network, and produce programs in southern Texas; comparable mid-size regional operating model with direct and partner-mediated distribution.
• Blue Ridge Area Food Bank: Regional food bank serving 25 counties across Virginia with a partner-agency model, mobile pantries, and community garden network; comparable geographic spread and rural-reach approach.
• Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina: Regional food bank serving a multi-county service area with a partner-agency model, Kids Cafe, and produce-prescription programs; comparable in programmatic breadth and rural/urban dual service area.
• St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance: Large regional food bank in Arizona with a partner-agency network, Kids Cafe-style youth programs, and signature fundraising events; comparable in programmatic portfolio and event-driven fundraising scale.
• Food Bank of the Rockies: Regional food bank distributing tens of millions of meals annually across Colorado and Wyoming; directly comparable in operating model (warehouse + partner-agency network + direct pantries + mobile pantries) and in signature-event fundraising.
• Mid-Ohio Food Collective: Mid-size regional food bank operating a partner-agency network plus direct distribution including FreshTrak and produce-prescription programs; closely comparable in scale, USDA program administration, and integrated health-system partnerships.
• Food Bank of the Heartland: Regional food bank serving Nebraska and western Iowa with partner agencies, mobile pantries, and Backpack programs; similar multi-county service area, USDA program administration, and per-meal cost-efficiency messaging.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/watch?v=3tTGrsvNSuo
• Facebookfacebook.com/awarefoodbank
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/marion-polk-food-share
• Xx.com/yourfoodshare

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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