Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc

About Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc

Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC Inc directs almost all of its recent grantmaking to fighting hunger through local food-access partners in North Carolina. The largest recent awards in the data are multi-million-dollar grants to community organizations such as Good News Buenas Nuevas in Pine Level and Grifton Mission Ministries in Grifton, both labeled for “FIGHT HUNGER.” That pattern points to a funder built around direct food distribution rather than broad grantmaking across many issue areas. Its recent grants also show repeated support for the same community-based providers over multiple years. Tarboro Community Outreach appears several times with awards above $1.9 million and above $2.7 million, while Recruiters for Christ Church in Dunn and The Storehouse Pantry in Morehead City also receive repeated support. The naming of recipients suggests a heavy reliance on churches, ministries, and pantry operators as delivery partners. The foundation’s grants are consistently tied to emergency food access and pantry operations in central and eastern North Carolina. Recipients include organizations in Pine Level, Grifton, Kinston, Laurel Hill, Four Oaks, Rockingham, Tarboro, Dunn, Kenansville, and Morehead City, indicating a network of local distributors rather than a single-site model.

What Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Funds

The clearest theme in the recent grants is direct hunger relief. Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC Inc awarded $4,172,593 to Grifton Mission Ministries in Grifton for “FIGHT HUNGER,” and also provided a $2,739,760 grant to Tarboro Community Outreach in Tarboro for the same purpose. Those awards align with pantry-based food distribution rather than programmatic funding in adjacent fields. Church-run and ministry-based food access is another recurring channel. Heavens Gate Ministry in Four Oaks received $3,002,800, and Recruiters for Christ Church in Dunn received $2,245,822; both were funded under “FIGHT HUNGER.” The foundation also backs smaller community food operations in coastal and inland towns. The Storehouse Pantry in Morehead City received $2,149,374, while Word of Faith Ministries Food in Kenansville received $2,210,055. These grants suggest a dispersed local network built to move food through neighborhood institutions.

How Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Gives