Food drives sometimes get maligned for being more trouble than they’re worth, but that’s not the case with a grassroots effort to engage the legal community in raising food and funds. Known as Food from the Bar, the national grassroots campaign taps the energy and talent of local law firms,…
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For food banks seeking new pathways to raise much-needed funds, Scott Hutchings has a suggestion – ask your donors to check their sock drawers. Hutchings estimates Americans are holding on to more than $25 billion in foreign currency carried home from trips to foreign countries – currency that’s worthless to…
Food banks are missing easy opportunities to connect with younger donors, according to a report from the donor management software provider Bloomerang. Bloomerang recently donated $25 to 50 different food banks in the Feeding America network in an effort to better understand the donor experience – from the moment of…
A hunger relief organization in Des Moines, Iowa, is helping to pioneer a new method of fundraising developed by a tech startup. In April, Eat Greater Des Moines held an online auction of certificates representing food rescue and hunger relief actions it had taken in the recent past. The certificates,…
MEXICO CITY – Carbon credits are coming to food banking. The Mexican FoodBanking Network (BAMX) is a pioneer in this effort, becoming the first organization in the world to earn carbon credits for rescuing food. Working with Miami-based CoreZero, BAMX quantified the amount of carbon dioxide emissions saved from the…
While cryptocurrency has had a volatile year, it continues to emerge as a valid fundraising tool for food banks able to accept it. “It wasn’t something that we necessarily were looking to get into,” said David Jones, Vice President of Fundraising Operations at Food Bank for New York City. “Our…
Food banks have long depended on private donations from individuals to function, and the size of those donations followed trends that were consistent for years – until Covid-19 happened. The pandemic has elevated cash donations to a new, much higher level. RKD Group, a fundraising and marketing provider, analyzed donations…
Food banks are riding the wave of a significant and durable increase in pandemic-related charitable giving. The fundraising and marketing provider RKD Group analyzed data from 72 food banks to find that fundraising revenue in second-quarter 2021 was a whopping 159% higher than 2019 levels (though down about 24% from…
A new report underscores the power of getting people to donate at the cash register. The report found that grocery retailer Albertsons Companies raised a whopping $67.9 million in one month by asking shoppers at all of its stores across 34 states to donate money while checking out. The money…