About Partnership
Thank you for your interest in partnering with MANNA FoodBank. We prioritize new partnerships in areas where service gaps have been identified. We currently have a waitlist, but we are accepting applications.
To be considered for partnership, your organization would need to meet certain criteria, including, but not limited to:
- Provide 501c3 status, with an IRS tax determination letter or church documentation
- Distribute food year-round, and allow access at least twice per month
- Offer full choice shopping, so neighbors can touch and select their own food just like in a grocery store
- Not request or require any type of ID, documentation, or referrals
- Be open to the public
- Not sub-distribute food to other organizations
- Provide licensed pest control
- Complete food safety training
- Be located in our service area
If your organization meets this criteria and would like to be considered for partnership, please submit our application. Preference is given to organizations already providing food services. Also, please see our Food Finder for information on where we already have partnerships, and reach out to those in your area to see how you may support them.
Please reach out to the Agency Relations Manager for your area with questions and for additional information.
Lucy Phillips – Agency Relations Manager for Buncombe County lphillips@mannafoodbank.org
Kristen Ollila – Agency Relations Manager for the East (Avery, Mitchell, Yancey, Madison, McDowell, Henderson, Polk, Transylvania) kollila@mannafoodbank.org
Amy Hutchings – Agency Relations Manager for the West (Qualla Boundary, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain, Graham, Cherokee, Clay) ahutchings@mannafoodbank.org