LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Food banks in Indiana will receive a combined total of $2 million to help feed Hoosiers.
Feeding Indiana's Hungry reports more than a million Hoosiers, including one in five children, experience food insecurity in 2023.
"More people than we realize are suffering from food insecurity," Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith, Indiana’s Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development, said in a news release. "These donations support Hoosier families and individuals, and I’m grateful we are able to provide financial support to 11 local food banks."
There are 11 food banks that supply pantries and soup kitchens around Indiana. The funding will allow food pantries, soup kitchens and other food distribution centers to receive additional food products. Dare to Care Food Bank, a Louisville nonprofit that serves southern Indiana and Kentucky, received $76,800 in funding.
Emily Bryant, executive director of Feeding Indiana’s Hungry, said food banks serve a record number of Hoosier families.
"Too many of our neighbors continue to face difficult choices between paying bills and buying groceries with rising expenses and decreasing accessibility to federal nutrition programs," Bryant said in a news release. "For any Hoosier to be unsure from where their next meal will come is unacceptable."
The funding was provided by the Indiana General Assembly. Here's the list of food banks receiving funding for fiscal year 2026:
- Community Harvest Food Bank – $202,400
- Dare to Care Food Bank – $76,800
- Food Bank of Northern Indiana – $232,200
- Food Bank of Northwest Indiana – $199,400
- Food Finders Food Bank, Inc. – $195,200
- Freestore Foodbank– $17,800
- Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, Inc. – $635,000
- Hoosier Hills Food Bank, Inc. – $80,000
- Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central IN, Inc. – $153,600
- Terre Haute Catholic Charities Foodbank, Inc. – $89,200
- Tri-State Food Bank, Inc. – $118,400
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