Midwest Food Bank - Arizona Division
Individual and Family ServicesArizona, United States2-10 Employees
Midwest Food Bank - Arizona Division is part of a faith-based nonprofit network that distributes food to local pantries and other nonprofit partners to support hunger relief and disaster response. It relies on a fleet of trucks and volunteer drivers to collect donations from across the country, process them at facilities, and deliver food to those in need. The organization began in 2003 when the Kieser family turned a barn on their farm into a distribution site for local pantries, and it now operates across nine locations including sites in Illinois, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Texas, plus East Africa and Haiti; the Arizona division is based in Gilbert. Its core customers are non-profit organizations that coordinate with Midwest Food Bank to provide food assistance to families, with the network moving more than $11.5 million worth of food each month to over 1,400 recipient organizations. The operation is heavily supported by volunteers—more than 23,000 volunteers contributed over 222,000 hours in 2017—and recent 2026 news highlights continued partnerships and leadership changes across divisions.