About Us

KAFB is a 501(c)3 charitable organization working to end hunger in Kentucky. KAFB’s seven member food banks serve all 120 Kentucky counties in partnership with a network of over 1,000 local food pantries and shelters. Last year our members distributed 50.9 million pounds of food and grocery products — enough for 39,000,000 meals for our struggling neighbors. We reach an estimated 1 in 7 of all Kentuckians each year.

We are a Partner State Association of Feeding America, the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity.

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What We Do

  • Increase the quality, variety and nutritional value of food available to feed hungry people in Kentucky.
  • Mobilize the public to join the fight to end hunger by increasing awareness of the causes and solutions to hunger.
  • Advocate for food security through sound public policy and legislative solutions to hunger.
  • Strengthen the coordinated hunger relief response to disasters.
  • Build alliances and partnerships that impact hunger relief in Kentucky.

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History

2001: Recognizing the crucial role collaboration could play in the fight to end hunger in Kentucky, representatives of all seven Feeding America food banks in Kentucky formed KAFB.

2002: KAFB received tax exempt status as a public charity under section 501(c)3 of the tax code.

2002: First external funding received, a grant of $50,000 from the Kentucky Agricultural Development Board. Funds were used to purchase refrigerators and freezers for agencies to store food purchased by the Association.

2006: KAFB developed a statewide disaster back-up plan.

2006 and 2010: KAFB members collaborated on study of hunger in Kentucky.

2009: Legislation was passed that created a Farms to Food Banks program in the Kentucky Department of Agriculture.  The program is unfunded.

2011: KAFB established an office and hired a full-time executive director in after receiving a grant from the Walmart Foundation for this purpose.

2011: With grant funding from the Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund, KAFB implemented a state-wide pilot of the Farms to Food Banks program.  

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