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Toward a Hunger-Free Tomorrow
Our Mission
Our Work
Our Community
OUR MISSION
We heal hunger with innovative and collaborative solutions that provide food today and help create a hunger-free tomorrow. Fueled by our team, community, and partners, here’s a glance at our impact within the 2023 fiscal year:
Our Dedicated Team
“I’m really grateful that we’re able to provide the food people need every day, but I’m also proud that we work on more permanent solutions to food insecurity so that one day the need won’t exist.”
– OFS Team Member
Executive Board
The OFS board is made up of leaders from diverse fields who are dedicated to the work of healing hunger and ensuring that OFS fulfills its mission.
Friends Board
The dynamic young professionals on our Friends Board use their common interest in ending childhood hunger to support our Operation Backpack program.
Our Staff
OFS employees work hard every day to rescue and distribute food, empower the community, and create long-term solutions to the problem of hunger.
OUR WORK
Healing hunger with an intentional strategy to alleviate food insecurity and create a hunger-free tomorrow, our work is divided into three pillars:
MEET THE IMMEDIATE NEED
BUILD NUTRITION IQ
CHAMPION CHANGE
Here are a few program highlights:
Our Reach in FY2023
Supporting Families in
46 COUNTIES & 2 STATES
through Food Distribution & Nutrition Education
14 Missouri Counties
- Cape Girardeau
- Crawford
- Franklin
- Gasconade
- Jefferson
- Lincoln
- Montgomery
- Pike
- St. Charles
- St. Francois
- St. Louis City
- St. Louis County
- Warren
- Washington
13 Illinois Counties
- Alexander
- Bond
- Calhoun
- Clinton
- Jackson
- Jefferson
- Jersey
- Macoupin
- Madison
- Monroe
- St. Clair
- Washington
- Wayne
Additional Counties Supported with Nutrition Education Only
- Barry
- Bates
- Boone
- Caroll
- Cass
- Cedar
- Cole
- Dallas
- Dekalb
- Green
- Hickory
- Howell
- Jackson
- Lafayette
- Lawrence
- Scott
- Worth
- Ste. Genevieve
- Stone
OUR COMMUNITY
We couldn’t do our work without the support of our volunteers and community partners.
Volunteers
Volunteers are critical to our mission. We rely on their passion and care for others, and their work saves us significant financial resources, allowing that money to be spent on helping even more people every year.
Partners
OFS works with businesses, local farms, community organizations, educational institutions, health care providers and a broad range of entities who provide resources, expertise and collaboration to support our mission.
Our Generous Donors
Every single gift to Operation Food Search is a generous, caring investment in our mission to heal hunger. Thank you to our generous donors who make our work possible every day!
Gifts of up to $1,000 include 6,862 donors contributing nearly $1 million!
LEADERSHIP DONATIONS
The generosity of these gifts demonstrates a true commitment to healing hunger and empowering children, individuals and families in our region.
IN-KIND LEADERSHIP DONATIONS
The contribution of these goods and services is vital to our ability to meet the immediate need for food in our region.
FOOD & FUND DRIVES
These volunteer-led efforts are crucial to our ability to get food to individuals and families in our service area.
352,370
Pounds of Food
$284,397
Total Money Donations
$644,837
Total Food Value
$929,234
Total Food & Money
MONTHLY
Known as Hunger Healers, recurring donors are valued advocates who sustain our work while ensuring consistent access to the funds OFS needs to heal hunger. We appreciate this special community of OFS supporters.
Fiscal Responsibility
Operation Food Search is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that upholds the highest standards of fiscal accountability. We work tirelessly to ensure that donations are used efficiently to maximize benefit to the community we serve.
BY THE NUMBERS IN 2023
Fiscal Year: October 1, 2022 – September 30, 2023