Reports, Financials, and Privacy

Impact Report & Newsletters

The Food Bank’s Impact Report provides a reflective snapshot of our goals, accomplishments, and network-wide impact each year.

financials & reports

IRS Letter of Determination

The Food Bank is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit established in 1980, Tax ID Number 56-1283426. This means contributions are tax-deductible according to state and federal guidelines.

IRS Form 990

The Food Bank files  IRS Form 990 each year, providing a summary of the annual revenue and expenditures that fuel our efforts to end hunger in local communities.

Audited Financials

In addition to regular IRS reports, we engage in an annual independent audit to review all financial records and accounting practices. Our most recent audit covers the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.

Donor Privacy Statement

The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina shares your concerns about your personal information and privacy. In order to better protect your privacy, the Food Bank has provided this notice explaining our donor information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. This policy is used for donor information collected both online and offline. 

Information We Collect — and How We Use It 

The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina does not and will not share, sell, lease or rent your personal information to third parties. Additional information on how we collect, store, and utilize information in support of our mission can be found below.

The Food Bank may ask you for your name, e-mail address, postal address, telephone number, fax number as well as other relevant information. We use this information: (a) to respond to any of your inquiries or questions about our services; (b) for internal marketing purposes and as part of the Food Bank’s donor database; and (c) to provide you additional and updated information and materials regarding the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina services. The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina does not and will not share, sell, lease or rent your personal information to third parties.

We collect an Internet Protocol (IP) address from visitors to our Site. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. We use IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our server, administer our Site, analyze trends, track users’ movement, gather broad demographic information for aggregate use in order for us to improve the site, and deliver customized, personalized content. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information. 

Our Site uses cookies to enhance your experience while using our Site. Cookies are pieces of information that some Web sites transfer to the computer that is browsing that Web site and are used for record-keeping purposes at many Web sites. Use of cookies makes Web-surfing easier by performing certain functions such as saving your passwords, your personal preferences regarding your use of the particular website and to make sure you don’t see the same ad repeatedly. Many consider the use of cookies to be an industry standard.  

Your browser is probably set to accept cookies. However, if you would prefer not to receive cookies, you can alter the configuration of your browser to refuse cookies. If you choose to have your browser refuse cookies, it is possible that some areas of our Site will not function properly when you view them.

Information Security

The Food Bank has implemented multiple security measures to help protect against the risk of loss, misuse and alteration of any information under the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina’s control. 

All information provided to Food Bank is transmitted using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption. SSL is a proven coding system that lets your browser automatically encrypt, or scramble, data before you send it to us. The VeriSign Secured Seal is featured on our donation pages verifying security status. 

PCI DSS: Online donations and other financial transactions completed through Food Bank pages comply with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS). PCI DSS is the payment card industry security requirement for entities that store, process or transmit cardholder data. 

Account information is placed on secure portions of our Site that are only accessible by certain qualified employees of Food Bank. 

Our Site contains links to other Web sites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are entering another website for which the Food Bank has no responsibility. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on all such sites as their policies may be different than ours. 

Contact Us

Feel free to contact us with questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy or anything else related to our website: communication@foodbankcenc.org or 919-875-0707.