Los Angeles Food Bank: 1734 E 41st Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90058
LAFoodBank.org
Mission Statement:
- The mission of the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank is to mobilize resources to fight hunger in
- our community.
- Source and acquire food and other products and distribute to needy people through charitable
- agencies or directly through programs;
- Energize the community to get involved and support hunger relief;
- Conduct hunger education and awareness campaigns and advocate for public policies that
- alleviate hunger.
Service Area:
The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank serves all of Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the United States. The Food Bank is now helping feed more than 900,000 each month.
Leadership
Executive Leadership
Michael Flood
President and CEO
Board of Directors
Whitney Jones Roy
CHAIR, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Keith Addis
Industry Entertainment Partners
Tonya Agurto
Disney
Lena Al-Sarraf, Do
Asian Pacific Health Care Venture, Inc.
James P. Beaubien
Latham & Watkins LLP
Sergio Bicas-Klein
YummyEarth
David Bishop
David Bishop Media
PJ Brice
Beach House Group
Sandra L. Burns
Ernst & Young LLP
Christina Carrol
Stout Risius Ross, Inc.
Stephanie Edens
Everytable
Jonathan L. Friedman
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (Retired)
Dean Hallett
Hallett Leadership
Meredith Hightower
HBO Entertainment
Katrina Hitz-Tough
Philanthropist
Dylan Jadeja
Riot Games
Gary Kirkpatrick
G&R Holdings
Robert Kronfli
Bacari Restaurants
Jordon Kruse
Oaktree Capital Management
Susan K. Leonard
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Retired)
Dan Lukas
Emerald Lake Capital Management
Silvano Merlo
Marriott International
Michael Montgomery
Montgomery Advisory, LLC
Abhilash Patel
Entrepreneur and Investor
Robert Perille
Shamrock Capital Advisors (Retired)
Felix Recht
Transom Consulting Group
Cary Rubinstein
Union Bank
Yves Saada
Philanthropist
Amy Jo Smith
The Digital Entertainment Group
Mark Stegemoeller
Latham & Watkins (Retired)
James A. Thomson
RAND Corporation (Retired)
Justin Toner
Capital Group
Lindsay A. Wilcox
Goldman Sachs
OFFICERS
Michael Flood
President and CEO, Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
Steven Meisberger
Chief Financial Officer, Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
Weldon Wu
Corporate Secretary, Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
Fast Facts:
What is your Charity Navigator Rating (1 star – 4 stars) OR What is your GuideStar Rating?
Our Charity Navigator Rating is 4 stars.
We are proud to be rated a “4-star” organization by Charity Navigator and a “Platinum Seal of Transparency” organization by Guide Star.
What percentage of total revenue goes to cause (after operation expenses)?
97% of revenues, financial and in-kind, go directly to programs.
What was your greatest community impact in 2019?
In 2019, we acquired and distributed 81.1 million pounds of food and product valued at $107 million.
In response to the pandemic, food distribution has increased by 145% in 2020 year-to-date.
Fundraising Events (or Areas of Funding):
The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank has two flagship events. The “Taste of the Rams,” which is a joint venture between the Food Bank, the Los Angeles Rams and the LA Chef community. The Annual “Season for Sharing” event is held each year to highlight those friends who have made a significant contribution to fighting hunger in our community.
There are other opportunities for third-party events and co-ventures, such as the “Feed SoCal” campaign with Albertsons and ABC7, the “Help for the Hungry” campaign with Ralph’s/Food 4 Less and NBC4 or our peer to peer fundraising platform, Team #WeFeedLA.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Volunteers are critical to the Food Bank. In a typical year, more than 30,000 volunteers donate their time to glean, package and provide food for our neighbors in need.
The Food Bank provides volunteer events and opportunities for corporations and organizations. In recent years, the Food Bank has hosted special volunteer days with many corporate partners and VIPs, including Metallica, Riot Games and Disney.
Learn more at LAFoodBank.org/volunteer.
Giving Opportunities:
The Food Bank’s Program Operating Fund supports essential functions, including the acquisition, storage, transportation and distribution of 4 million pounds of food every week. Food is distributed to children, seniors, working families and individuals through more than 700 partner agencies.
Generous donors also support the Mobile Food Pantry program, which was converted amid the COVID-19 pandemic to the large-scale drive through food distributions that have been regularly featured on local and national news.
The Food Bank’s Senior Nutrition Program, one of the largest Senior Nutrition Programs in the United States, provides monthly food kits to more than 28,000 seniors through the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP).
One in four children in Los Angeles County may not know where their next meal is coming from. The Children’s Nutrition Programs provide healthy breakfasts, after-school meals, summer lunches, weekend meals and bags of fresh produce. Amid the pandemic, the LA Regional Food Bank supplemented “Grab and Go” meal sites with additional grocery-style food on a rotating basis.
Goal for 2021:
Our primary goal for 2021 is to continue our response to the pandemic by keeping food acquisition and distribution at record levels in order to provide nutritious food to families and individuals throughout Los Angeles County.