The Mission of The Montana Food Bank Network is Working to eliminate hunger in Montana through food acquisition and distribution, education and advocacy.



The Montana Food Bank Network (MFBN) is a private nonprofit organization that solicits, gleans, sorts, repackages, warehouses and transports donated food and distributes it to charitable programs that directly serve needy families, children and seniors. From a main warehouse and office in Missoula, a branch warehouse in Miles City, and a Cannery located at Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge, MFBN distributes emergency food throughout all 56 counties in Montana. It is the largest centralized source of donated, emergency food in the state.



Montana Food Bank Network is one of over 200 members of America’s Second Harvest, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief charity. MFBN is also a member of the Western Region Food Bank Association “Dare to Share” which allows us to receive and share donated food with our closest neighbors in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah and even Arizona.

Through leveraging power and economies of scale, we can provide the equivalent of 8 meals for every dollar donated to the Montana Food Bank Network. Our administrative and fundraising costs are just 9 percent of our total budget, so that means 91cents of every dollar donated goes to support programs to provide food for hungry Montanans.