Corporate Food Donations

As a corporate sponsor, you can help us continue the work of feeding those in need throughout the 16 counties we serve in northeast Iowa. Sponsorships make events possible, and those events bring much needed awareness to the issue of food insecurity in our community.

Donating surplus food benefits your business and the community by reducing storage costs, dumping fees and by saving several thousand tons of food waste from going to landfills each year.

Benefits

Tax credits and deductions. You may be eligible for state-tax credits and/or federal deductions based on your food donations to NEIFB. We give tax receipts to all donors.

Protections

Good Samaritan Law. Under the 1996 Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act, a federal statute, anyone who donates food in good faith to a food bank or gleaning organization is protected from all liability associated with that product. NEIFB and our partner agencies follow strict food handling and safety procedures to ensure that the people we serve receive the highest-quality food possible.

Labeling. We can relabel and repack any donation to correct ingredient errors and protect brand integrity based on your specifications.

Food Safety. NEIFB trains and monitors all member agencies to ensure compliance with all applicable safe food handling practices and policies. NEIFB is a U.S. Department of Agriculture and Iowa Department of Agriculture inspected facility.

Integrity. We never sell, trade or barter food donations.

What We Need

We have the capacity to pick up, store and distribute the following types of products:

  • Fresh
  • Dehydrated
  • Discontinued
  • Damaged Packaging
  • Frozen
  • Dry
  • Surplus
  • Bulk
  • Canned
  • Code-dated
  • Mislabeled
  • Out of specification