Ashland Emergency Food Bank

What Ashland Emergency Food Bank does

Ashland Emergency Food Bank (operating as Ashland Community Food Bank) is a nonprofit charitable organization that provides free groceries to residents of Ashland and Talent, Oregon. Founded with roots traceable to 1972 per firmographic records (with website copyright dated 2018), the organization operates a single walk-in food pantry at 560 Clover Lane, Ashland, OR 97520. The service is delivered without income verification, without appointment, and on a client-choice basis, allowing visitors to select food items that work best for their families. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday and the third Saturday of each month, from 9:30am to 12:30pm.

The organization's product offering is a single core service — food distribution — supplemented by the acceptance of both food and monetary donations. Most-needed items include canned fruits and vegetables, pop-top soups, spaghetti sauce, cooking oil, and canned proteins, and the food bank actively accepts produce from local farms, community gardens, and home growers. No app, API, or digital platform is offered; outreach is limited to a WordPress website and a Facebook page. The stated mission emphasizes serving with dignity and increasing awareness of food insecurity in the local community.

The revenue model is donation-based rather than commercial. Services are provided at no cost to recipients, and operating funds are sourced from monetary donations, food donations, and volunteer labor. No revenue figures, financials, or institutional funder details are disclosed. Headcount is reported at 11–50 employees, and the organization is volunteer-powered, relying on community members for food distribution, donation sorting, special events, and food drives. Geographic scope is limited to two adjacent small cities in southern Oregon, with no indication of multi-site or multi-region operations.

Name

Ashland Emergency Food Bank

Legal name

Ashland Community Food Bank

Website

https://ashlandefb.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ashland Emergency Food Bank (Ashland Community Food Bank) is a nonprofit organization that distributes free groceries to residents of Ashland and Talent, Oregon through a walk-in, client-choice pantry model with no income verification or appointment required.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Emergency Food Assistance / Food Bank 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 industry

Food Assistance & Nutrition Relief (Emergency Feeding) (BPAGAAAD)

Keywords

• Emergency food assistance
• Community food pantry
• Food insecurity relief
• Food donation services
• Charitable food distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Ashland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Ashland Community Food Bank operates a free, walk-in emergency food pantry that distributes groceries at no cost to residents of Ashland and Talent, Oregon. The pantry uses a client-choice model where visitors select the food items that work best for their families, with no income verification and no appointment required. The organization is sustained by community donations of food (including fresh locally grown produce) and money, and is supported by volunteers who assist with food distribution, sorting donations, and special events.

Product overview

The Ashland Community Food Bank operates as a single service offering: a food distribution/pantry service that provides free groceries to community members in need. The service operates on a client-choice model where visitors select food items that work best for their families. The organization accepts both food and monetary donations to sustain operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Walk-in Food Distribution Service Free walk-in food pantry providing groceries at no cost to residents of Ashland and Talent, Oregon. Operates on a client-choice model with no income verification and no appointment required, open Monday through Friday and the third Saturday of each month, 9:30am–12:30pm, at 560 Clover Lane, Ashland, OR 97520.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• United Way Worldwide: National umbrella that funds and coordinates local health and human-services nonprofits, including many community food banks. A relevant peer because local United Way affiliates often co-fund, co-refer, and co-brand with community pantries like Ashland.
• The Salvation Army: National charitable organization operating food pantries, emergency shelters, and social services in communities across the U.S. It is a close comparability fit because it explicitly bundles food, shelter, and family-support services-the exact mix Ashland claims to deliver.
• Feeding America: National umbrella network of more than 200 member food banks. As the dominant aggregator and funder in the U.S. food bank sector, it is the closest large-scale incumbent whose operating model and metrics effectively define the standards a community pantry like Ashland is benchmarked against.
• Catholic Charities USA: National network of diocesan social-service agencies providing food assistance, housing, and family support. Comparable to Ashland on mission, multi-service delivery model, and reliance on local donations and volunteers to run emergency aid programs.
• St. Vincent de Paul: National Catholic nonprofit operating parish-based food pantries, emergency assistance, and shelter programs. Comparable to Ashland because it provides overlapping emergency food, shelter, and family services through hyper-local volunteer chapters in the same geographic markets.
• Habitat for Humanity International: Large nonprofit providing housing and family-stability services through local affiliates. Comparable on the nonprofit operating model (volunteer-powered, donation-funded, local affiliates), although the core service is housing rather than food.

Direct peers

• Oregon Food Bank: Statewide regional food bank that sources and distributes food to a network of partner pantries across Oregon, including southern Oregon communities like Ashland. It is the most direct operational peer because it likely sits directly upstream of Ashland's pantry in the regional food rescue and distribution chain.
• Community Action of Jackson County: Local Community Action Agency serving the same Jackson County, Oregon catchment as Ashland Community Food Bank. Directly comparable because it administers federal and state antipoverty programs (food, energy assistance, housing) for the very households Ashland serves.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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