FOOD DONOR PROCESS

The Food Bank of Central New York relies on food donations from manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, and restaurants.  We collect fresh, canned, boxed and frozen foods, and grocery products.  These items are distributed from our warehouse to our member programs throughout our 11-county service area. The Food Bank also rescues properly prepared and perishable food from restaurants, caterers, hotels, and corporate cafeterias and delivers it directly to meal sites such as soup kitchens. 

The generous donations that we receive from these sources are critical to the families and individuals in central and northern New York who are struggling to make ends meet.

To make a food donation or to learn more about how your company can become a food partner, contact Peter Ricardo at (315) 437-1899 ext.233 or pricardo@foodbankcny.org.

Reasons your company should donate food to the Food Bank:

• TAX DEDUCTION: The 1976 Federal Tax Law (H.R. 10612) permits you to deduct all of the costs of producing, packaging and delivering your products — plus up to 50 percent of the difference between the cost and the fair market value.
• COST SAVINGS:  In salvaging food and other products, your company eliminates dumping costs.
• INVENTORY CONTROL: A food donation can help reduce your surplus of hard-to-move inventory, and inventory that can be eaten but not sold.
• COMMUNITY GOODWILL:  Your support of the Food Bank’s mission will earn your company the respect of the community.
• PROUD STAFF: Employees feel good about their company's role in making a difference in the community.
• SAFE FOOD HANDLING: Your food donation will be safely stored in our 20,000 square foot warehouse by trained staff.
• EFFICIENT DISTRIBUTION: Your donation will be quickly distributed to individuals in need through our member programs, and these programs are monitored to ensure that donated product does not reenter the marketplace.
• ACCURATE RECORD KEEPING: Your donation will be tracked, documented and receipted.
• LEGAL PROTECTION: Your company is protected from liability by the Good Samaritan Act.