High Plains Food Bank

What High Plains Food Bank does

High Plains Food Bank (HPFB) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1982 and headquartered in Amarillo, Texas, that operates as the regional clearinghouse for food collection, storage, and distribution across the top 29 counties of the Texas Panhandle. The organization partners with a network of 135+ food pantries and meal programs and runs direct-service programs including the Senior Adult Food Program (monthly food boxes to ~2,072 seniors), Kids Cafe, Mobile Harvest, The Garden, Nutrition Education, Benefit Assistance, and TEFAP Emergency Food Assistance. In 2024, HPFB distributed 8.4 million pounds of food and, in November 2024, served nearly 15,000 households — the highest monthly total in its history.

HPFB's underlying technology is operational rather than proprietary software: it is a logistics and distribution platform built on warehouse operations (815 Ross St, Amarillo), online donation infrastructure (Fundraise Up), volunteer management (InitLive), donor coordination (Bloomerang), and online food drives (#GiveHealthy). The stated core technology is a "food banking and distribution logistics system" managing collection, storage, and redistribution across a multi-county service area. The organization emphasizes a 9:1 meal-per-dollar efficiency metric in fundraising materials.

HPFB's revenue model is donation-based and diversified across individual giving, corporate partnerships (Walmart/Sam's Club Fight Hunger. Spark Change, Market Street/United Family, Boy Scouts of America Golden Spread Council), cause-marketing campaigns (Feeding America's national Walmart initiative has generated over $206 million since 2014), and federal/state grant pass-throughs including TEFAP. Disaster response is a recurring operational layer, with HPFB distributing over 260,000 pounds of supplies during the 2024 Texas Panhandle wildfires and continuing 2023 Perryton tornado recovery. The organization's go-to-market is community-led: acquisitions of both donations and recipients occur through volunteer engagement, corporate partnerships, food drives, and direct program delivery rather than traditional sales channels.

Name

High Plains Food Bank

Legal name

High Plains Food Bank

Website

https://hpfb.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

High Plains Food Bank is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit food bank founded in 1982 in Amarillo, Texas, that collects, stores, and distributes food through 135+ partner pantries and direct programs across 29 Texas Panhandle counties, distributing 8.4 million pounds in 2024.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hunger Relief and Food Assistance Services

NAICS

Community Food Services (62421), Community Food Services (624210), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242)

SIC

Wholesale-Groceries, General Line (5141)

akta.pro primary industry

Food Assistance & Food Banks (BPAGAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Food & Nutrition Assistance Programs (BPAIAKAF), School Feeding & Child Nutrition Programs (BPADAJAD)

Keywords

• Food bank services
• Hunger relief programs
• Food distribution
• Nonprofit food assistance
• Community nutrition

Headquarters

HQ city

Amarillo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Individual monetary donations from community members, with every $1 donated providing approximately 9 meals to neighbors in need.
2. Corporate Partnerships: Corporate sponsorships and matching programs, including annual campaigns like Together We Can Holiday Food & Fund Drive which raised $373,648.30 in 2025.
3. Cause Marketing Campaigns: Partnership with Walmart and Sam's Club Fight Hunger. Spark Change campaign where participating product suppliers donate meal equivalents on behalf of food banks.
4. Government Grants: Federal emergency food assistance programs including TEFAP (The Emergency Food Assistance Program) and pass-through funding for disaster recovery.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

High Plains Food Bank is the central regional clearinghouse that collects, stores, and distributes donated food across 29 counties in the Texas Panhandle and South Plains. It supplies food to more than 135 partner food pantries and meal programs and runs direct service programs for seniors, children, and households facing food insecurity. The organization supplements food distribution with nutrition education, benefit enrollment assistance, and disaster food response.

Product overview

High Plains Food Bank operates as a clearinghouse for food collection, storage, and distribution serving the top 29 counties in the Texas Panhandle. The organization offers a multi-faceted approach to food assistance consisting of direct service programs (Senior Adult Food Program, Kids Cafe, Emergency Food Assistance, Mobile Harvest, The Garden, Nutrition Education, Benefit Assistance) combined with community engagement services (online fundraising, food drives including Traditional Food Drives, #GiveHealthy Drives, and the annual Together We Can campaign). In 2024, HPFB distributed 8.4 million pounds of food through a network of 135+ partner food pantries and meal programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Senior Adult Food Program
• Kids Cafe
• Benefit Assistance Program
• The Garden at HPFB
• Emergency Food Assistance (TEFAP) Federal Emergency Food Assistance Program distributing USDA commodity food to low-income households in the Texas Panhandle through HPFB and its partner agencies.
• Mobile Harvest Mobile food distribution program providing last-mile delivery of food to food-insecure households across the Texas Panhandle service area.
• Nutrition Education Nutrition education program teaching clients how to use distributed food to prepare healthy meals.

Quantifiable outcome

• 8.4 million pounds of food distributed in 2024
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and major.

• Feeding AmericacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational network affiliation providing access to 200 food banks, 60,000 pantries, and meal programs serving 46 million people annually. HPFB participates in national cause marketing campaigns and receives support through the Feeding America network.
• Feeding TexascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState association membership connecting HPFB to 20 food banks across Texas. Feeding Texas advocates for hunger-relief policy and coordinates statewide initiatives including HB 2946 Food is Medicine legislation.
• Walmart and Sam's ClubflagshipGTM or Marketing Partner12th annual Fight Hunger. Spark Change cause marketing campaign. HPFB receives donations from product suppliers (24 suppliers at Walmart, 6 at Sam's Club) based on participating product purchases. Campaign has generated over $206 million nationally and 2 billion meals since 2014.
• United Family / Market StreetmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerLocal grocery retail partner. Host Together We Can Holiday Food & Fund Drive in Market Street parking lots. Featured sponsor with logo display on HPFB website and materials.
• Golden Spread Council - Boy Scouts of AmericamajorGTM or Marketing PartnerAnnual Scouting for Food door-to-door food drive. Hundreds of Boy Scouts collect food donations from Amarillo neighborhoods. One of the largest spring food drives in the Texas Panhandle.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Houston Food Bank: One of the largest Feeding America food banks nationwide, serving southeast Texas with a similar partner-agency distribution model, Fresh Food on Wheels mobile program, and Kids Cafe/Senior Box programs that mirror HPFB's offering.
• Tarrant Area Food Bank: Fort Worth-based Feeding Texas affiliate serving 13 North Texas counties with partner pantries, mobile pantries, and childhood/senior feeding initiatives. Highly comparable operating model and program mix to HPFB.
• Food Bank of West Texas: Regional Feeding America affiliated food bank serving 19 counties in West Texas. Directly comparable structure: nonprofit clearinghouse model, partner pantry network, similar Texas geographic scope, and shared disaster-response role.
• North Texas Food Bank: Major Texas Feeding America affiliate serving a 12-county North Texas region. Comparable mission, partner agency model, mobile distribution, and child/senior nutrition programs. Operates at much larger scale (200+ million pounds annually).
• Central Texas Food Bank: Austin-based Feeding Texas affiliate operating a clearinghouse model with mobile pantries, partner agencies, and child nutrition programs. Comparable in operational scale to High Plains Food Bank though serving a denser urban-rural mix.
• South Plains Food Bank: Lubbock-based Feeding America affiliate serving 20 counties on the South Plains of West Texas. Overlapping regional service area with HPFB, comparable population density, rural service challenges, and partner-pantry distribution model.
• El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank: Feeding Texas affiliate serving El Paso County with similar mission-driven clearinghouse operations, partner pantries, Kids Cafe programs, and reliance on USDA/TEFAP federal support.

Regional players

• Meals on Wheels of Amarillo: Local complementary nutrition nonprofit serving the Amarillo senior population. Different delivery model (home-delivered meals) but addresses overlapping senior food insecurity needs in HPFB's exact service geography.

Others

• Feeding Texas: State-level association that HPFB is a member of, coordinating 20 Texas food banks. Directly connected as a parent-like trade organization that aggregates resources, advocacy, and initiatives across member food banks.
• Feeding America: National network and strategic partner of which HPFB is a member food bank. Provides donor relationships, brand, supplier access, and best-practice frameworks that materially shape HPFB's operations and fundraising effectiveness.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/hpfoodbank
• Facebookfacebook.com/HighPlainsFoodBank
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/high-plains-food-bank
• Instagraminstagram.com/hpfoodbank

Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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