INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana State Food Banks will receive $2 million to support their efforts to feed Indiana residents, according to an announcement from Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch and the Indiana Department of Agriculture.

Funding was part of the biennial budget provided by the Indiana General Assembly. Distribution amounts were determined using Indiana’s Emergency Food Assistance Program fair share percentages, which capture poverty and unemployment rates in each county.

“Indiana farmers are experts at growing abundant, safe and reliable food, and food banks and pantries have the resources and skills needed to distribute large amounts of food to help community members in need,” said ISDA Director Don Lamb.

“We are so grateful for the work that food banks, food pantries, soup kitchens and others are doing for their communities to help Indiana residents affected by food insecurity.”

The following food banks will receive funding in the 2025 financial year:

• Community Harvest Food Bank – $197,800.

• Dare to Care Food Bank – $75,200.

• Food Bank of Northern Indiana – $233,600.

• Food Bank of Northwest Indiana – $198,800.

• Food Finders Food Bank Inc. – $195,800.

• FreeStore Food Bank – $16,000.

• Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana Inc. – $693,200.

• Hoosier Hills Food Bank Inc. – $80,000.

• Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central IN Inc. – $155,200.

• Terre Haute Catholic Charities Foodbank Inc. – $89,200.

• Tri-State Food Bank Inc. – $119,200.

According to Feeding Indiana’s Hungry, more than 950,000 Indiana residents, including one in five children, were food insecure in 2022, the most recent data available. This new data represents a 30% increase in food insecurity from 2021.

“As we have been saying for nearly four years, our affiliated food banks continue to serve a record number of Hoosier families,” said Emily Bryant, FIH executive director.

“Too many of our neighbors continue to face the difficult decision of whether to pay their bills or buy groceries. It is unacceptable that an Indiana resident is unsure where their next meal is coming from.”