Real fiscal responsibility

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The food pictured here was donated to our warehouse in Comstock Park. Our inventory is constantly changing, and this is a good example of the kinds of food we have on any given day.

Because our food is donated, Feeding America West Michigan Food Bank can distribute food for the cost of fuel, fleet maintenance, utilities, warehousing and other distribution costs.

These costs are covered in part by donations from supporters like you, and partly by a handling fee from the 1,250 local anti-hunger agencies we supply. This fee amounts to about 10% of the food’s retail value. If they had to pay more, many local agencies simply couldn’t keep going.

A whopping 98.7% of our expenses goes directly into hunger relief programs. Only 1.3% goes to Administration and Fund-raising. Click here to see our financial statement.

Want even more information? Click here to read our 2011 Annual Report.