Why Connecticut Foodshare
FY2024 · Form 990Its mission and biggest programs, as filedDistributes food to meet immediate needs while mobilizing community partners and raising awareness to connect eligible residents with federal nutrition programs.
- Food collection and distribution - during the twelve months ended june 30, 2025, Connecticut Foodshare distributed over 45 million meals to community-based programs that serve people in need, including food pantries, community kitchens and mobile sites. We partner with the…$119.5M spent in FY2024
- Outreach - in addition to distributing food to meet immediate needs, solving an issue as complex as hunger requires different parts of our community working together towards long-term solutions. Connecticut Foodshare raises awareness about hunger to mobilize community action and…$3.6M spent in FY2024
Before you apply
FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the orgAbout the role
The org's own posting, as writtenDescription Connecticut Foodshare is the food bank serving all of our neighbors across the state. Working with a strong network of community-based hunger relief programs, we help provide nutritious food as well as long-term, sustainable solutions to food insecurity. By joining Connecticut Foodshare, you will be part of a team that helps drive community awareness, garners support, leverages research, and engages volunteers, to realize our vision of a thriving community free of hunger. What is a VISTA?
Founded in 1964, Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) is an anti-poverty program designed to provide needed resources to nonprofit organizations and public agencies to increase their capacity to lift communities out of poverty. AmeriCorps VISTA provides opportunities for Americans 18 years or older from a diverse range of backgrounds to dedicate a year of full-time service with an organization to create or expand programs designed to empower individuals and communities in overcoming poverty. **Note this is a full-time, one year volunteer assignment.
VISTAs are provided with a living allowance and other benefits detailed below.** The VISTA volunteer will connect and support food pantries and community kitchens who are members of the Connecticut Foodshare partner network. The VISTA volunteer will support agency partners through the On Site Partner Support Program evaluating partners that would benefit from customized capacity building support. Potential topics are, but not limited to, food and fund sourcing, volunteer management and recruitment, and leveraging digital media. The VISTA volunteer will serve at the partner programs following a period of orientation and resource exploration.
The VISTA volunteer will reduce barriers to access for people served and build guest engagement while strengthening food assistance programming. The VISTA will document all lessons learned and recommendations for future program improvements through a thorough program evaluation following the support sessions.
Responsibilities
Promote capacity building resources and support within the agency partner network and identify good candidates Provide customized capacity building support for partner program staff and volunteers Continue to provide support and assistance to ensure success Reduce barriers to access for people served Document all lessons learned and recommendations for future program improvements Conduct a thorough program evaluation following support sessions Benefits: A biweekly living allowance Members receive free basic healthcare coverage during their AmeriCorps service Childcare assistance (Eligible members receive a subsidy for children under 13 years) A choice of either a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award ($7,395.00 to pay off student loans and pay for tuition) or cash stipend ($1,800) at the end of the service year 1 year of noncompetitive eligibility for federal jobs Eligibility for scholarships and fellowships at a wide range of undergraduate…
About Connecticut Foodshare
From its Form 990- Budget $128.7M
- Staff 129 · founded 1982
- Pays its leaders $149K–$335K (7 reported)
- Open jobs 2 · Jobs at Connecticut Foodshare · Full 990 report