The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

Mission: Through empowerment, education and partnerships, The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri brings together community resources to feed people in need.

The Food Bank works with 145+ partner agencies across a 32-county service area to provide food assistance to any person who needs it. These partner agencies include local food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, senior centers, and more. Functioning like a distribution center, The Food Bank provides these partners with food at no cost so they can distribute it to their communities.

Instead of working as a single entity, The Food Bank uses bulk-purchasing power, community partnerships, and its association with Feeding America to obtain more than 30 million pounds of food a year. That food is distributed through The Food Bank’s network of partner agencies, reaching an average of 100,000 Missourians on a monthly basis. In 2023, more than 22 million meals were provided by The Food Bank through its partner agencies.

There are communities that lack food assistance resources, and some partner agencies are not large enough to meet their area’s full demand. That’s why The Food Bank runs its Mobile Pantry Program, using trucks designed to bring food to communities and distribute it directly.

See our Mobile Pantry Calendar for more information.