Parker Task Force

What Parker Task Force does

Parker Task Force is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1987 and headquartered in Parker, Colorado. It is 100% volunteer-run, with no paid staff, and serves residents of Parker, Franktown, and Elizabeth. The organization's core services include a food bank (Nancy's Market), limited financial assistance for rent and utilities, weekend food backpacks for students, holiday meal and gift programs, and a community scholarship program. All services are provided free of charge to recipients.

The organization's business model is donation-driven rather than revenue-generating. Funding sources include individual donations, corporate partnerships (e.g., AutoNation Subaru, Parker Cruisers), vehicle donations, food drives (which generated $33,000 in cash and gift cards in one recent year), and participation in Colorado Gives Day. The volunteer model is a defining operational feature: volunteers contributed approximately 11,500 hours in a recent year, valued at roughly $500,000, with an average volunteer tenure of nine years. More than 90% of expenditures go directly to client services.

From a technology and infrastructure standpoint, Parker Task Force operates with minimal technological sophistication. Service delivery is relationship-based and community-embedded rather than platform-driven. In 2024, the organization completed a building expansion to increase capacity for food distribution and program operations. The scope of activity is local and geographically bounded, with no evidence of digital products, software platforms, or technology-mediated service delivery.

Name

Parker Task Force

Legal name

Parker Task Force for Human Services

Website

https://parkertaskforce.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Parker Task Force is a 100% volunteer-run 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 1987 that provides food assistance, financial aid, and scholarship programs free of charge to residents of Parker, Franktown, and Elizabeth, Colorado.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Food Bank and Human Services

NAICS

Community Food Services (62421), Community Food Services (624210)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Food Assistance & Food Banks (BPAGAEAA)

Keywords

• Food bank services
• Community assistance
• Emergency financial aid
• Human services
• Holiday meal programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Parker

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Individual and Business Donations: The organization receives monetary donations from individuals, businesses, and community groups. Over 90% of donations are used for direct client benefit due to the 100% volunteer-run model with no paid staff.
2. Food Donations: The organization receives food donations through community food drives, local grocery stores, churches, schools, businesses, and individual community members. These donations stock the food bank shelves.
3. Vehicle Donations: Vehicle donation program accepting cars, trucks, RVs, and boats. Proceeds from vehicle sales provide funding for programs.
4. Colorado Gives Day: Annual participation in Colorado Gives Day, a giving movement encouraging donors to support local Colorado nonprofits.
5. King Soopers Community Rewards: Community loyalty program where King Soopers donates a portion of purchases to the organization based on registered Community Rewards cards.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Parker Task Force operates Nancy's Market, a client-choice food bank serving residents of Parker, Franktown, and Elizabeth. The organization distributes groceries through a point system based on family size, provides limited financial assistance to prevent eviction and utility shut-offs, runs a Weekend Food Backpack Program for food-insecure students at 16 schools, and offers holiday programs including Thanksgiving meals and Adopt-a-Family. All services are provided free of charge to eligible community members.

Product overview

Parker Task Force is a 100% volunteer-run food bank and human services organization offering a portfolio of related programs centered on food security and emergency assistance. The core offering is Nancy's Market, a client-choice food bank where residents shop for groceries. This is supplemented by time-limited food assistance programs including the Weekend Food Backpack Program for students, Thanksgiving Dinners, and the Adopt-a-Family holiday program. The organization also provides a Scholarship & Mentoring Program for local high school seniors, a Senior Program offering twice-monthly shopping, Limited Financial Assistance for utility and rent emergencies, and referrals to partner agencies. All services are free to clients and funded entirely by community donations and volunteers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Nancy's Market: Client choice food bank named after founder Nancy Gripman, where clients shop using a point system based on family size.

Products and services

• Nancy's Market (Food Bank) A client-choice food bank where residents of Parker, Franktown, and Elizabeth shop using a point system based on family size. Clients choose from grocery staples, seasonal fresh fruits and vegetables, meats, poultry, eggs, fresh dairy, cleaning supplies, personal care products, paper goods, and pet food.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 90% of donations go directly to client benefit due to volunteer-run model
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Parker CruisersminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024Annual car show in downtown Parker with proceeds benefiting Parker Task Force. Ongoing community support through this annual event.
• Auto Nation SubarucoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2023Conducted food drives during 2023 holiday season and adopted families for Christmas Adopt-A-Family program providing gifts on families' wish lists.
• Subaru of AmericacoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2017Seven-year community partnership supporting PTF through food drives and Subaru Share the Love Event. Subaru employees have staffed Saturday morning shifts at local grocery stores since summer 2023. Share the Love Event, in existence for 16 years, empowers participating Subaru retailers to choose local nonprofits to support.
• Douglas County Master Gardeners and Open Space VolunteerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking in the garden at Hidden Mesa Open Space near Franktown for 13 years. Growing and donating over 2,500 pounds of organic produce annually including tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, lettuce, berries. The garden features 2 hoop houses and 22 raised beds.
• Douglas County SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Douglas County School District and Homeless Liaison to identify and serve food-insecure students. Teachers deliver gift bags with personal home visits, resulting in 74% success rate with kids returning to school over 4 years.
• Local High Schools (Chaparral, Elizabeth, Legend, Lutheran, Ponderosa, D.C. Oakes, Eagle Academy)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFive local high schools collaborate with PTF through counselors to identify students who could benefit from financial assistance and positive role models for the Scholarship and Mentoring Program.
• Local Churches (Ave Maria, Parker Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Parker United Methodist Church, Providence Presbyterian Church, New Day Seventh Adventist Church)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerChurch partners provide ongoing donations and support to the food bank operations.
• Parker RotarycoreGTM or Marketing PartnerRotary club supports PTF through donations and community engagement.
• Other Food Banks (Inner-City Parish, Elizabeth Food Bank, Harvest Bible Church, Jewish Family Services, Help and Hope, Manna Cares)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPTF shares resources and collaborates with other regional food banks and social service organizations.
• King SooperscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerKing Soopers Community Rewards Program allows customers to link loyalty cards to support PTF. Each quarter, King Soopers sends a donation based on purchases made with registered cards. Saturday Food Drives are held at local King Soopers locations.
• Local Grocery Stores (King Soopers, Safeway, Walmart)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerHost Saturday Food Drives at 5 local grocery store locations. Food drives provide substantial portion of groceries for Nancy's Market.
• Roupp ConstructionminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDouglas County business serving as general contractor for PTF's 2024 building expansion project adding freezer/refrigerator capacity, storage, additional cubicles, and Community Room.
• North Star AcademyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerParker school whose students collected food for Parker Task Force, teaching children about thankfulness and community giving.
• Parker Golf AssociationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLocal organization supporting PTF through fundraising activities.

Scale indicators19 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Weld Food Bank: Northern Colorado food bank serving Greeley and Weld County. Comparable in offering hunger-relief services including mobile pantries, child feeding programs, and senior food boxes within a defined geographic catchment.
• Food Bank of the Rockies: The largest hunger-relief organization in Colorado, serving the same state and an adjacent geography to PTF. Operates a network of food pantries and partner agencies with a comparable mission of food distribution and hunger relief.
• Community Food Share: Boulder and Broomfield County Colorado food bank. Operates a client-choice food market model similar to PTF's Nancy's Market and serves a comparable suburban Colorado demographic.
• Denver Inner City Parish: Listed as a PTF partner and a direct peer as a Denver-area social services nonprofit providing food assistance, financial assistance, and referrals. Comparable mission, urban-adjacent service area, and integrated human services model.
• Food for Lane County: Oregon-based food bank operating food pantries, a school backpack program, and senior grocery distribution. Closely matches PTF's portfolio of integrated food and human services within a defined county.
• Harvest Bible Chapel Food Bank: Listed as a PTF partner. Operates a community food pantry model in Colorado with comparable reliance on church partnerships, volunteers, and donations for daily food distribution.
• Manna Food Center: Montgomery County, Maryland food bank operating a client-choice food market and weekend backpack programs — a structurally similar model to Nancy's Market and the Weekend Food Backpack Program.
• Care and Share Food Bank: Southern Colorado's food bank distributing food through a partner network of pantries and meal programs. Directly comparable as a regional food bank serving Colorado communities with free grocery and meal assistance.
• Jewish Family Services of Colorado: Listed as a PTF partner. Provides integrated human services including food assistance, financial aid, and case management across the Denver metro, comparable in offering holistic support beyond pure food distribution.

Broad incumbents

• Feeding America: National umbrella network of 200+ food banks. Smaller community food banks like PTF operate within or alongside its distribution ecosystem; relevant as the dominant incumbent shaping food sourcing, logistics, and donor mindshare in the U.S. hunger-relief sector.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/TownOfParkerTaskForce
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/parker-task-force
• Instagraminstagram.com/parkertaskforce

Compliance4 records

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Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

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