The Food Basket Inc
Programs
Program 1 [2020]
With the onset of COVID19 in 2020, The Food Basket implemented its emergency food response to best meet the needs of our pandemic affected residents. Each of our programs worked to create a web of dignified food access for our food insecure residents regardless of their geography. Through these programs, we served up to 85,000 individuals per month, an increase of 6 times more than we served in 2019. Emergency food activities include, 1. Ohana Community Food Drops, over 100 large scale drive through food distributions at locations island wide, inclusive of a walk-in service area where walkers/bikers can receive food. 2. Mobile Home Delivery vans carrying prepacked food deliver to vulnerable individuals who have limited or no transportation, compromised health, and/or live in isolated rural areas.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$11.4MEmergency Food Response Programs
IN 2022 THE FOOD BASKET CONTINUED ITS EMERGENCY FOOD RESPONSE WITH PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS AFFECTED BY THE ESCALATING COST OF FOOD, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING DIGNIFIED FOOD ACCESS REGARDLESS OF GEOGRAPHY. OUR KUPUNA PANTRY PROGRAM (ALSO KNOWN AS THE COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM) SERVED 1,170 INCOME QUALIFYING SENIORS ISLAND WIDE. WE ALSO SERVED OVER 4,000 CHILDREN IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WITH 100% FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH RATES THROUGH OUR "WE GOT YOUR BACK" KEIKI BACKPACK PROGRAM. ADDITIONALLY, WE ADMINISTERED THE COUNTY OF HAWAII'S CONTRACTED KAUKAU-4-KEIKI PROGRAM TO 1,732 FOOD INSECURE FAMILIES OVER THE 6-WEEK SUMMER BREAK, SUPPLEMENTING GROCERY STAPLES WITH OVER 167,000 POUNDS OF LOCALLY GROWN PRODUCE. IN KEEPING WITH THE FOOD BASKET'S POLICY OF SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, WE PURCHASED 1.3 MILLION OF FOOD FOR OUR EMERGENCY FOOD PROGRAM FROM PRODUCERS AND BUSINESSES ON HAWAII ISLAND TO SUPPLEMENT THE FEDERALLY SUBSIDIZED FOOD SHIPMENTS WE RECEIVED. CUMULATIVELY, THE FOOD BASKET DISTRIBUTED NEARLY 3 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD TO RESIDENTS ACROSS THE 4,028 SQUARE MILES OF HAWAII ISLAND.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$11.1MAgriculture Innovation Park and Food Systems Campus
IN 2022, THE FOOD BASKET ACQUIRED 24.5 ACRES OF LAND IN HILO TO DEVELOP AN AGRICULTURE INNOVATION PARK AND FOOD SYSTEMS CAMPUS (AIPFSC) TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF MULTIPLE RECENT DISASTERS INCLUDING LAVA FLOWS, HURRICANES, AND THE PANDEMIC. THE AIPFSC IS AN IMPORTANT GOAL OF THE 2021 BOARD- APPROVED STRATEGIC PLAN AND GROUNDED IN A SHARED BELIEF THAT OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES SAFE, NUTRITIOUS, FAIR, AND AFFORDABLE FOOD. THE CAMPUS WILL INCLUDE AGRICULTURE CROPS, A COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER AND FOOD BANK, A STATE- OF-THE-ART FOOD INNOVATION CENTER AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR: FOOD PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION; FARM AND BUSINESS INCUBATION; AGRICULTURE TRAINING AND PRODUCTION; CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022Source990No causes providedNo populations provided––
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