PLATINUM2023

Feed the Hungry Pantry of Palm Beach County

Palm Beach Gardens, FL   |  www.feedthehungrypbc.org

Mission

Our volunteers are dedicated to feeding our hungry neighbors in Palm Beach County, FL. We give away more than 6 million lbs. of meat, vegetables, fruit, bread, eggs, milk and canned and dry goods annually to the poorest of the poor of all ages, races and religions. Since we are led by a volunteer CEO and most of our work is done by volunteers, we can provide healthy food for a meal for less than 3 cents.

Notes from the nonprofit

Because most of our work is done by volunteers, we can provide a meal to a hungry neighbor for as little as 3 cents. Plus our admin costs are negligible. This year we will give healthy vegetables, eggs, milk, cheese, bread, meat, fish and canned goods to 150,000+ hungry people, including 1,100+ seniors and people with disabilities who receive deliveries.

Ruling year info

2018

CEO (volunteer)

Dan Shorter

Main address

8306 155th Place North

Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418 USA

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EIN

82-3760456

NTEE code info

Human Service Organizations (P20)

Food Banks, Food Pantries (K31)

Food Service, Free Food Distribution Programs (K30)

IRS filing requirement

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Thousands of Palm Beach County senior shut-ins are starving behind closed doors in cheap rental apartments. Disabled veterans don’t have healthy food to eat. Hunger is rampant across Palm Beach County, especially among children, the elderly, the disabled and throughout minority communities. And, continual cuts in food stamps and other aid have escalated the problem. Over 65% of our local children depend upon free- and reduced-price breakfast and lunch at school and struggle to find healthy food for dinner, on weekends, at holidays and during summer vacation. More than 220,000 area adults don't always know where their next meal will come from. With the generous support of our donors we give nutritious food to tens of thousands of these hungry neighbors directly or to agencies that give them food, especially in minority communities. The focus of our volunteers is to feed as many of these hungry neighbors as possible.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Monthly Pantry for Hungry Families

We give 150+ lbs. of meat, vegetables, fruit, bread, eggs and canned goods to 40,000+ hungry neighbors every month and explode to give food to 75,000+ at Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Population(s) Served
Adults

Where we work

Affiliations & memberships

Audit 2018

Audit 2019

Videos

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Families Fed Monthly

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Adults

Related Program

Monthly Pantry for Hungry Families

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

We're giving 10,000+ families a week 150+ lbs. of meat, vegetables, fruit, eggs, milk, bread and canned goods.

New Families Registered for Free Food Monthly

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Adults

Related Program

Monthly Pantry for Hungry Families

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

“I have 3 children and no food,” a father said with stress in his voice as he called recently. Skyrocketing rents and prices for fuel, food and other essentials are driving many new families to us.

Number of Individuals Fed Annually

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Adults

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

During holidays we adopt thousands of more minority families and give them turkeys, hams, chickens, potatoes, green beans, bread, eggs and canned food to cook their family feasts at home together.

Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

We want to make sure children have enough healthy food so they can focus on their studies and have the energy to play and grow strong.
We want to ensure seniors don't eat cat food so they can afford their medicines.
And, we want to give parents enough food so they can pay their rent and utilities and gas to get to work.

Our key strategies for the rest of this year:
1 -- Purchase a new refrigerated truck
2 -- Get plans approved and break ground for new building
3 -- Raise money to continue to acquire, transport, store and giveaway food

We have more than 100 dedicated volunteers, 36 years of experience and connections and utilize 5 refrigerated trucks and a refrigerated van to rescue 6+ million pounds of food a year that otherwise would have been thrown in the landfill.

40,000+ Hungry Neighbors Receive Nutritious Food Monthly – Yes, That’s a Record!
Since Jan. 1 almost 550 shut-in, hungry seniors now line up (some on walkers and in wheelchairs) to receive our vegetables, fruit, meat, bread and canned goods. They live in inexpensive housing without cooked-meal service and no bus to the grocery. Like many elderly in our county, they are starving behind closed doors.
And, in addition to the 50+ deliveries our volunteers make to the disabled, we added a partner that is delivering healthy food to 216 families a month in trailer parks and poor neighborhoods from Delray to Lake Worth.
Families are getting 150+ lbs. of food some months; we’ve never had a better variety or more food to give away.

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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Feed the Hungry Pantry of Palm Beach County

Board of directors
as of 03/02/2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Nathan Phillips

Phillips Harvey Group

Term: 2022 - 2024

Dan Shorter

Linda Hernandez

PowerServe Technologies

Gin Ng

Kimley-Horn

Nathan Phillips

Phiilips Harvey Group CPA

Leigh Malone

Ion Media Networks

Anthony Brown

Brown & Phillips Surveyors

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 8/4/2022
info Candid has made improvements to the race and ethnicity options.

Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.

Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male, Not transgender
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or Straight
Disability status
Person with a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

Transgender Identity

Sexual orientation

Disability

Equity strategies

Last updated: 08/04/2022

GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more

Data
  • We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
  • We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
  • We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
  • We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
  • We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
  • We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
  • We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
Policies and processes
  • We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
  • We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
  • We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
  • We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.