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Name:	Shared Harvest Foodbank, Inc.
Address:	5901 Dixie Highway
	Fairfield, OH 45014-4207
Phone:	(513) 874-0114 (800) 352-3663
Web Address:	www.sharedharvest.org

Shared Harvest Foodbank, Inc. meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Shared Harvest Foodbanking has a variety of programs that include foodbanking where the charity collects, transports, warehouses, and distributes the contribution of food and other grocery products to a network of charitable food pantries, soup kitchens and shelters which provide either hot meals or bags of groceries to individuals and families in need in Butler, Warren, Preble, Darke, and Miami Counties in Ohio. The BackPack Program provides nutritious and easy to prepare food for the weekends when other resources may not be available, to elementary and Head Start students who have been identified as chronically hungry by their teachers. The Commodity Supplemental Food Program provides a monthly allotment of 35 pounds of nutritious supplemental food for people 60 years of age or older and whose income is at or below 13% of the federal poverty line. (The SNAP Outreach program provides staff out-stationing to local food pantries and social services agencies who provide program education about, and nutrition benefits of, the SNAP Program, offering assistance with completing application forms through the Ohio Benefit Bank; collecting necessary documents, filing applications electronically with County Job & Family Services and providing follow-up services.) The Technology Program is The Virtual Case Manager which is a web-based, custom-designed, agency-shared client registration repository and referral database program, which allows agencies to better coordinate their services, be more effective in serving their shared clients and be accountable to each other. The Holiday Community Project is a web-based central repository for participating agencies to register families applying for holiday services which helps organizations maximize the resources they have available by limiting duplication of services and providing accurate information on holiday services provided.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, Shared Harvest Foodbank, Inc.'s program expenses were:

The Emergency Assitance Program	13,708,034
Foodbank In-Kind And Purchase Program	2,563,859
Ohio Assn. of Second Harvest Foodbanks	1,367,284
Commodity Supplemental Food Program	571,112
Back Pack Program	408,600
SNAP Outreach	137,221
Total Program Expenses:	$18,756,110

Chief Executive : Ms. Tina Osso, Executive Director

Compensation*:

$64,621

Chair of the Board: Mr. Kevin Cooney
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Attorney at Frost Brown Todd LLC

Board Size: 12

Paid Staff Size: 19

*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

direct mail, television, radio, grant proposals, Internet

Fundraising costs were 1% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $3,330,641, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This charity is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Shared Harvest Foodbank, Inc.'s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.

Source of Funds
The Emergency Food Assistance Program	13,686,831
In-Kind Food Contributions	2,493,363
Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks	1,366,697
Commodity Supplement Food Program	604,525
Member Agency Support	342,286
Foundation	271,055
Other Contributions	228,505
Special Events	116,269
Butler County United Way	74,438
Butler County Success Program	50,918
Direct Mail Contributions	44,662
United Way of Greater Cincinnati	44,405
Warren County United Way	43,850
Rental Income	14,090
Net Realized & Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments	7,794
United Way Other	5,291
Interest & Dividends	4,657
Oxford United Way	4,551
Foodbank Alliance	4,252
Butler County Job & Family Services	3,330
Emergency Food & Shelter	2,470
Total Income	$19,414,239

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 99%  Fund Raising: Less than 1%  Administrative: 1%

Total income		$19,414,239
Program expenses		$18,756,110
Fund raising expenses		46,053
Administrative expenses		242,960
Total expenses		$19,045,123
Income in Excess of Expenses		369,116
Beginning net assets		1,853,256
Ending net assets		2,222,372
Total liabilities		516,614
Total assets		$2,738,986