Our Programs
Our mission is to provide food to all in need through community partnerships and hunger-relief programs. To achieve our mission into the future, we’ve set an ambitious goal to provide 12.2 million meals annually – more than a 60% increase – by 2035. To achieve that goal, we’ve been busy expanding our partnerships and adding new programming, including our regular Mobile Pantries and Kids Cafe food truck (known as The Lunch Lab). We’re also working to expand our capacity and considering new opportunities for distributing food that will increase access to more neighbors needing food assistance both now and into the future.
Nourishing Network
The Food Bank’s Nourishing Network provides food to more than 100 nonprofit programs to distribute to their clients in need. Nourishing Network member agencies include food pantries, kitchens, shelters and snack programs that serve low-income populations. Each year, we provide more than $1.57 million in value to our agency partners.
If you are a member agency or would like to learn more about becoming a Food Bank agency partner, visit our Agency Zone.
Partner Agencies
Loveland Rotary KidsPak
McBackpack, Inc.
Calvary Baptist Temple
Crossroads Ministry
CSU Rams Against Hunger
Global Leaders- Lopez and Poudre Pantry
Family Housing Network
Family Medicine Center
Family Ministries
FRCC Food for Thought
House of Neighborly Service – Berthoud
House of Neighborly Services – Loveland
Legacy Church Fort Collins
Loveland Vineyard Community Church
North 40 Food Pantry
Northern CO Health Network (NCAP)
Poudre Christian Fellowship
Saint John the Evangelist- St. Vincent DePaul
Saint John’s Lutheran Church
Salvation Army-Fort Collins
Salvation Army-Loveland
Seventh Day Adventist Loveland
Wellington Food Bank
Community Kitchen
Community Corner Café (partners with Crossroads Ministry)
Saturday Morning
Animal Friends Alliance
ARC of Larimer County
Boys and Girls Club of Larimer County
CASA-Harmony House
Childsafe
Cooper Home
CSU Academic Advancement Center
CSU Campus Connections
CSU Education Opportunity Center
Eden Valley Institute
Eternal Brotherhood Ministry
Faith Evangelical Church -Room for Hope
Foothills Gateway
Front Line Farming- Project Protect Promotora Network, North 2
Homeward Alliance
Iglesia Vida Abundante
Junior League- Hunger Initiative
Lago Vista Neighbor
Lincoln Middle School
Loveland Library, Friends of the Loveland Library
Loveland Youth Gardeners
Mountain Range Shadows
Partners Mentoring Youth
Poudre School District- Community Connections
Poudre School District Early Childhood
Project Self-Sufficiency (Bring the Power)
Red Feather Lakes Library
SAFY of Colorado
SAVA
Sproutin’ Up
St. Luke’s Medical Clinic
SummitStone Health Partners
The Center for Family Outreach
The Matthews House
Thompson School District Community Connections
YMCA of Northern Colorado
Alternatives to Violence
Aspire 3D
CARE Housing
Catholic Charities
Crossroads Safehouse
Faith Family Hospitality
Fort Collins Rescue Mission
Harvest Farm
Housing Catalyst
The Lighthouse, Sober Living
Neighbor to Neighbor
Partner Food Pantries
In addition to providing food directly to our clients, the Food Bank works with many community partners to distribute food to those in need. Below is list of food pantries in Larimer County. Please note, the organizations listed below operate separately from the Food Bank and have their own eligibility guidelines. View our most updated list here.
Please contact them directly for more information on eligibility and hours of operation.
Nutritious Kitchen
The name says it all: Nutritious Kitchen. Staff and volunteers work in our kitchen each day. It’s thanks to their hard work that we’re able to prepare hundreds of thousands of fresh scratch-cooked meals for children and seniors in Larimer County every year.
Child Nutrition
Through collaboration with community partners, the Child Nutrition programs include Kids Cafe, Kids Link and Backpack. Kids Cafe provides nutritious meals and snacks after school and during the summer at sites throughout Larimer County. In partnership with the Junior League of Fort Collins, Kids Link supplies packaged snacks to qualifying schools to assist children who display signs of hunger. Backpack, in cooperation with Loveland Rotary, McKinney and Longs Peak Rotary, supplies weekend food packs filled with easy to prepare meals and snacks.
Nutrition for Older Adults
The Food Bank partners with Volunteers of America (VOA) to provide nutritious meals to seniors 60 years of age and older. We provide made-from-scratch meals that are distributed to seniors at multiple sites throughout Larimer County. Through our Food Share program, we distribute food provided by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP). As an additional service, we deliver CSFP commodity boxes and fresh fruits to homebound seniors in low-income housing developments.
Fresh Food Share
The Fresh Food Share pantries are our brick-and-mortar locations. Just like a grocery store, clients can choose what they shop for. We offer a variety of fresh fruits, vegetables, bread, meat, dairy and shelf-stable items – all at no cost to them.
