Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona

Name

Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona

Legal name

Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona

Website

https://communityfoodbank.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hunger Relief Services

NAICS

Community Food Services (62421), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242)

akta.pro primary industry

Food Assistance & Food Banks (BPAGAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Food & Nutrition Assistance Programs (BPAIAKAF), Child Nutrition & Meal Programs (CACFP/Snack Programs) (EDACAMAA), Community Centers & Neighborhood Support Services (BPAGAEAL)

Keywords

• Emergency food assistance
• Hunger relief services
• Child nutrition programs
• Senior meal services
• Community food distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Tucson

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-time and recurring monetary donations from individuals, including monthly giving programs (Hunger Heroes Circle), commemorative gifts, and tribute donations.
2. Corporate Sponsorships & Events: Corporate event sponsorships, workplace giving campaigns, matching gifts programs, and hosted fundraising events.
3. Planned Giving & Estate Gifts: Bequests, charitable gift annuities, IRA charitable rollovers, donor-advised fund contributions, gifts of stock, and vehicle donations.
4. Arizona State Tax Credit Donations: Qualified Charitable Organization (QCO) code 20488 enabling dollar-for-dollar Arizona state tax credit donations up to $495 (single) or $987 (joint).
5. Government Grants: Federal programs including TEFAP (The Emergency Food Assistance Program), CSFP (Commodity Senior Food Program), SNAP, SUN Bucks, SUN Meals, and Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).
6. Feeding America Network: Partnership with Feeding America nationwide network for resource sharing, produce rescue from border redistribution, and collaborative programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that distributes emergency food, provides senior and child nutrition programs, runs the Caridad Community Kitchen (free meals, senior home-delivered meals, and culinary training), and operates farm, garden, and farmers market initiatives. The organization delivers services through 8 physical resource centers, mobile distributions, and a 400-partner agency network across five counties in Southern Arizona.

Product overview

The Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona is a nonprofit hunger relief organization operating as a network of programs across eight locations serving five counties. The core offering centers on emergency food distribution through TEFAP and CSFP programs, supplemented by the Caridad Community Kitchen which provides free community meals, senior meals, and culinary training. Child Nutrition Programs include school pantries across seven districts, the Summer Nutrition Kit Program, SUN Bucks, SUN Meals, and After School Snacks. Farm and Garden programs encompass the Nuestra Tierra Learning Garden, Las Milpitas Community Farm (a six-acre working farm), and Farm to School initiatives. Local Food programs feature the year-round Santa Cruz River Farmers' Market, the Abundant Harvest Cooperative network, and Farm to Institution partnerships. Health and Nutrition services include a Recipe Bank, Healthy Heroes virtual program, grocery store tours, and SNAP/AHCCCS application assistance. The organization also offers the Thriving Communities Grant (up to $50,000) and Health and Food Entrepreneur Microloans (3-5% interest, up to $10,000). Volunteer and advocacy programs round out the service portfolio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Caridad Community Kitchen: A community kitchen offering free meals, a senior meal delivery program, and culinary training for individuals with employment barriers.
• Hunger Heroes Circle
• Gabrielle Giffords Resource Center
• Las Milpitas Community Farm
• Nuestra Tierra Learning Garden
• Santa Cruz River Farmers' Market
• Abundant Harvest Cooperative

Products and services

• The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) Federal emergency food program providing once-monthly boxes of non-perishable staples and fresh items (beans, rice, oats, pasta, produce, eggs, meat, milk, bread) to income-eligible community members.
• Commodity Senior Food Program (CSFP) Monthly food distribution for low-income seniors aged 60+ providing cereal, peanut butter, canned fruits and vegetables, and other items.
• Caridad Community Kitchen - Community Meals Free prepared meals served at partner sites including Salvation Army Hospitality House, Yousuf Mosque, and Tucson Sharon Seventh-day Adventist Church; available to anyone in need without registration or ID.
• Caridad Community Kitchen - Senior Meals Home-delivered meal program for seniors developed with Pima Council on Aging, Interfaith Community Services, and Lutheran Social Services; meals are nutritionally crafted for older adults' dietary needs.
• Caridad Community Kitchen - Culinary Training Program Free 10-week culinary training program providing food service skills and career pathway development for individuals facing employment barriers.
• School Pantries & School Markets Food assistance programs operated at schools and family resource centers across seven districts (Tucson Unified, Sunnyside, Flowing Wells, Amphitheater, Baboquivari, Tombstone, Nogales); about 34 school pantries operate during the school year.
• Summer Nutrition Kit Program Program providing individual-sized snack kits 5 days a week for children ages 0-18 during the summer break; Friday participants receive Weekend Packs with breakfast options.
• SUN Bucks Summer benefit program providing a $120 one-time issuance per eligible child for purchasing healthy food; automatic enrollment for children already receiving SNAP, Medicaid, or free/reduced school meals.
• SUN Meals Free summer meals and snacks for children aged 18 and under at schools, parks, and other neighborhood locations; some rural communities offer SUN Meals To-Go.
• After School Snacks (Healthy Super Snacks) Healthy snacks program for children up to age 18 at community sites across Southern Arizona, provided under USDA's Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) during the school year.
• Nuestra Tierra Learning Garden Educational demonstration garden at the main Tucson branch featuring vegetable and herb gardens, greenhouse, chicken coop, and worm/compost demonstrations.
• Las Milpitas Community Farm Six-acre community farm on the Santa Cruz River banks providing free community garden plots, educational workshops, and field trip opportunities.
• Farm to School Program supporting educational garden spaces in low-income public schools to help children understand food's role in their lives and connect classroom lessons with hands-on knowledge.
• Santa Cruz River Farmers' Market Year-round weekly farmers' market operating Thursdays at MSA Annex featuring locally-grown produce, Double-Up SNAP matching, cooking demonstrations, and culturally relevant foods.
• Abundant Harvest Cooperative Network of backyard gardeners and small farmers selling produce at weekly farmers' markets, creating economic opportunities for small-scale producers and access to fresh produce for low-income customers.
• Farm to Institution Initiative connecting local farmers to institutional buyers including Tucson Medical Center and Tucson Unified School District, serving over 60,000 local students with locally-grown fruits and vegetables.
• Recipe Bank Bank of healthy recipes organized by MyPlate food groups based on USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025.
• Healthy Heroes Nutrition Program Virtual nutrition program for grades K-8 developed in partnership with University of Arizona teaching nutrition basics through an online platform.
• Grocery Store Tours Free guided tours in local grocery stores teaching affordable produce shopping, whole grain identification, nutrition label reading, and unit price comparison.
• SNAP & AHCCCS Application Assistance In-person and phone-based enrollment assistance for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and healthcare (AHCCCS) benefits with referrals to housing, childcare, and other services.
• Thriving Communities Grant Annual grant program providing up to $20,000 for individual organizations and up to $50,000 for multi-organization collaborations; funds infrastructure, training, community organizing, educational projects, and pilot programs for organizations with operating budgets under $1 million.
• Health and Food Entrepreneur Microloan Low-interest loans (3-5% rate) up to $10,000 for entrepreneurs growing health or food-related businesses, offered in partnership with Community Investment Corporation (CIC).
• Volunteer Program Volunteer opportunities for individuals, groups, and corporations including packing/sorting food, food distribution, garden work, meal service, and administrative support across all locations.
• Advocacy Programs Programs including Power Summit, Farm Bill advocacy, SNAP protection, and Sowing Remedies Youth Fellowship; trains community leaders and builds collective power to influence policies supporting healthy communities.

Quantifiable outcome

• 34.9 million pounds of food distributed annually
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Feeding AmericacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNationwide network partnership providing access to resources, shared best practices, produce rescue programs, and collaborative initiatives. The Community Food Bank is a proud partner food bank of Feeding America.
• Community Investment CorporationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint program offering Health and Food Entrepreneur Microloans up to $10,000 at 3-5% interest rate for entrepreneurs in health or food-related businesses.
• Pima Council on AgingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for healthy home-delivered meal program for seniors at Caridad Community Kitchen.
• Interfaith Community ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for home-delivered meal program for seniors through Caridad Community Kitchen.
• Lutheran Social ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for home-delivered meal program for seniors through Caridad Community Kitchen.
• Tucson Medical CentermajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInstitutional purchaser for Farm to Institution program, buying local produce from the organization.
• Tucson Unified School DistrictmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInstitutional purchaser and partner for Farm to School program; over 60,000 local students eating locally-grown fruits and vegetables.
• Iskashitaa Refugee NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner agency for citrus gleaning and fruit tree assistance, helping collect excess produce for donation.
• Association of Arizona Food BankscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStatewide association membership connecting the organization with other Arizona food banks.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• St. Mary's Food Bank: St. Mary's Food Bank is the other major Arizona Feeding America partner food bank, serving the Phoenix metro area with comparable multi-site emergency food distribution, child nutrition programs, and partner agency networks. It is the most directly comparable regional food bank in the same state.
• United Food Bank: United Food Bank serves the East Valley and Southeastern Maricopa County region of Arizona as a Feeding America partner with emergency food boxes, partner agency distribution, and child nutrition programs, making it a geographic peer operating a similar multi-county model.
• Los Angeles Regional Food Bank: LA Regional Food Bank is a large Feeding America partner serving a multi-county Southern California region with food distribution, nutrition education, partner agency networks, and SNAP outreach — operating a structurally similar model at greater scale.
• Second Harvest of Silicon Valley: Second Harvest of Silicon Valley operates a Feeding America-affiliated multi-county food bank in California with analogous emergency food distribution, school pantry programs, nutrition education, and partner agency network structure.
• Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina: Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC is a comparable multi-county regional Feeding America partner distributing tens of millions of pounds of food annually across partner agencies, schools, and direct distributions.
• Mid-South Food Bank: Mid-South Food Bank of Memphis is a mid-sized Feeding America regional food bank with comparable pounds-distributed scale, multi-county service area, child nutrition focus, and partner agency distribution model.
• Chattanooga Area Food Bank: Chattanooga Area Food Bank is a smaller-scale Feeding America partner operating a similar emergency distribution, mobile pantry, and child nutrition program structure across a multi-county Tennessee/Georgia service area.

Broad incumbents

• Houston Food Bank: Houston Food Bank is one of the largest Feeding America member food banks in the U.S., operating a multi-county distribution model with partner agencies, child nutrition, and senior programs at significantly greater scale than regional peers.
• Feeding America: Feeding America is the national umbrella network for the food bank network; while not a direct competitor, it provides the partnership framework, produce rescue programs, and brand recognition that the Southern Arizona food bank operates under.

Regional players

• Roadrunner Food Bank: Roadrunner Food Bank of New Mexico is a Feeding America partner serving a multi-county area in the desert Southwest with emergency food and child nutrition programs — a strong regional analog with comparable geography and demographics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/foodbankofsouthernarizona

Compliance9 records

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Profiles6 records

Funding overview

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