ST MARYS FOODBANK_SRPMIC_APPLICATION.PDF

SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA
INDIAN COMMUNITY
10005 E. Osborn Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85256 / Phone 480-362-7520 / Fax 480-362-7593
12% Gaming Contributions Application
Calendar Year 2020
About the Grant Program Application:
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community 12% Gaming Grant Program (*Program”) application
will serve to provide a comprehensive review of the programming request for Arizona cities, towns,
counties, non-municipal public service organizations, and non-profit organizations selected to apply for
grant funding. It is not the intent of the Program to award grants that would benefit individuals, be used
as sponsorships, be used for religious activities, primarily fund the indirect or administrative costs of a
program/organization, or be used for the direct benefit of the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian
Community.
Date of Application: August 28, 2019
Organization Name: St. Mary’s Food Bank
Organization/Municipal Government Mailing Address: 2831 N. 31st Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85009-
1518
Organization History:
(Provide a brief summary of the origins of the organizations and any notable milestones
and/or significant audit findings)
Now in its 52nd year of operation, St. Mary's continues its commitment to reducing hunger in Arizona.
Its mission is to alleviate hunger through the gathering and distribution of food while encouraging self-
sufficiency, collaboration, advocacy and education. St. Mary's is the first food bank in the world. It is
Arizona's largest food bank -- and one of the largest in the nation. The agency was founded in 1967 by
John van Hengel, who was touched by the plight of a mother who told him she was feeding her children
with edible food she found in a dumpster. He envisioned a bank where people with excess food would
deposit it, and those in need would withdraw it. Since then, St. Mary's has achieved several notable
milestones including distributing more than one billion pounds of food to hungry Arizonans. In the last
year alone, St. Mary’s distributed a record 97 million pounds of food to those in need. Its current
programs include emergency food assistance for people of all ages, monthly food delivery, visits and
food boxes to homebound seniors, job training and placement for low-income adults, and weekend and
after-school meal programs for children. The clients served are low-income, working poor, homeless, in-
crisis, and other hungry Arizonans.
Organization Structure: (Provide a list of current board members and key staff members)
Please see attachment showing St. Mary’s current board members and key staff members.

Do any conflicts of interest exist within the organization structure?
(i.e. family, professional or personal conflicts, SPRMIC representatives on board, etc.)
St. Mary’s does not have any family, professional, personal or SRPMIC conflicts within its organization
structure.
Contact Person and Project Manager if different from Contact Person:
Title: Lisa Notaro and Project Manager
Address: 2831 N. 31st Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85009-1518
Phone: 602-343-3146 and Project Manager's
Fax: 602-352-3665
Email Address: lanotaro@firstfoodbank.org and Project Manager's
Project Name: St. Mary’s Backpack Expansion Program
Please provide a brief description of the project being submitted to the 12% SRPMIC Grant
program. In the description provide a summary of the relevant experience, administrative
activity, and program development related to the grant request.
St. Mary’s would use a 12% SRPMIC grant to help fund the expansion of its Backpack Program for low-
income, food insecure children and their families. The program is needed in our community because it
reduces childhood hunger so children have improved health and academic achievement. Feeding
America reports that nearly one in four Arizona children (22.7%) are at risk of hunger -- the sixth-worst
ranking in the nation. Food Insecurity rates for children in some of Arizona’s rural counites can be as high
as 34%. The report, "Hunger and Its Very Real Effects On Children," states that prolonged hunger has
detrimental effects on children's health and well-being because they are not consuming enough daily
nutrients. They often become anxious about when they are going to eat again, which negatively impacts
their emotional well-being. Children need to consume regular meals, but also must learn to eat healthy
foods and engage in daily physical activities to maintain good health.
The Backpack Program goals are to ensure children have healthy foods to eat on weekends and school
breaks when school feeding programs do not operate. St. Mary's prepares and delivers backpacks filled
with nutritious food items that children take home on Friday or prior to extended school holidays.
Without this supplemental food, these children would likely go hungry, especially at the end of the
month when paychecks and SNAP benefits run out. Their families rely on school feeding programs to
help feed their children; however, these programs do not operate on weekends and school breaks.
St. Mary’s currently collaborates with more than 102 schools, community centers and fellow non-profit
charities to provide nearly 3,000 backpacks to children in Phoenix and rural Arizona each Friday. Last year
St. Mary’s distributed 101,366 backpacks to children and families, which provided for 1,216,392 meals --
a 53% increase from the previous year! St. Mary’s continues to grow the program in Fiscal 2019-20,
particularly in rural areas of the state. Our goal is to increase the number of sites from 102 to 131 and we
expect to increase the numbers of backpacks distributed weekly from 2,928 to 5,297, an increase of more

than 80%! Rural sites will increase from 29 sites today to 54, while the number of backpacks distributed
weekly will jump from 781 to 2,980.
The SRPMIC funding would be used to procure and package food items to ensure the backpacks are
nutritionally well-balanced. A grant of $100,000 would fund the distribution of 14,286 backpacks, enough
for more than 171,000 meals. St. Mary’s has the experience, administrative capacity and program
development expertise related to the grant request. St. Mary’s has an excellent track record of
conducting its emergency food programs for 52 years. St Mary’s has the volunteers to pack backpacks
each day, plus experienced staff, equipment, supplies, vehicles, food sources, more than 100 (and
growing) partner agencies, and other resources in place to successfully conduct the Backpack Program.
St. Mary’s recently completed a major warehouse renovation project that already has resulted in the
agency increasing the amount of food it is receiving and distributing through its programs, as well as
reducing costs by improving efficiencies and using energy-efficient lighting.
Finally, St. Mary’s follow all Generally Accepted Accounting Practices and implements internal controls to
safeguard all program donations (including the fiscal controls to manage all grants) and assets and to
ensure transactions are recorded properly. Over the decades, St. Mary’s has administered and reported
on countless municipal government grants, including those received from the Cities of Phoenix, Peoria,
Glendale and Goodyear. We also have administered contracts with the Arizona Department of Health
Services for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, the Arizona Department of Economic Security
for Food Administration, and the State of Arizona's First Things First Program. Finally, an independent
CPA firm prepares St. Mary's audited financial statements each year.
What percentage of the grant request are Direct Costs of the programming and indirect Costs,
respectively?
100% of the grant request are direct costs related to St. Mary’s Backpack Program.
Define the Project Category and/or relevant sub-category:
(i.e. Education, Public Safety, Transportation, Economic Development, Health Care, Social Services, or
Cultural and Environment)
Social Services
Beginning Date of Project: 01/01/20 End Date of Project: 12/31/20
Geographic Area to be served: The geographic area to be served is in Maricopa County and rural
Arizona counties, including Apache, Navajo, Coconino, Yavapai and Mojave.
**Attach Detailed Budget**
Amount of Total Project: $919,245 Amount of 12% Request: $100,000
(No Multi-Year Request will be accepted)

If the amount of funding received is less than the amount needed for the project, do you
have other funds to complete the project? (Please Explain):
If St. Mary’s receives an amount less than requested, it still will conduct the program. It will have to raise
the balance of the funds needed for the program or use operating funds for the balance. St. Mary’s
receives funding year in several ways. We receive financial support through direct mail, requesting grants
from foundations and corporations, and through fundraising events. St. Mary's also operates a profitable
social enterprise business called CK Catering. St. Mary's is a fiscally-sound agency that annually raises all
needed program and operations funding and is confident that, with the help of generous donors like the
SRPMIC, that it will do so again in this fiscal year.
If you receive SRPMIC 12 % funding, will it be spent (Check One):
Monthly
Quarterly
 Lump Sum
List any SRPMIC 12% funds you have received in the past. If the organization has received
funding through the SPRMIC 12% Gaming Grant Program for five consecutive years, they will
be required to submit a comprehensive report of grant funding toward the state program
objectives and mission of the organization. In addition, you will be asked to provide a formal
presentation to the 12% Gaming Grant Committee prior to the awarding of any additional
funding.
St. Mary’s received a very generous $125,000 grant in 2018, with $85,000 used for a new Kids Café
delivery truck to transport thousands more hot meals each day to hungry children, and the remaining
$40,000 was spent on general operating expenses. Additionally, in 2017 St. Mary’s received a grant of
$50,000 to conduct needed warehouse renovations that would help the agency dramatically increase the
amount of food it could receive and provide hungry Arizonans.
List any other 12 %Tribal Grant funds your organization may be seeking from other Tribal
Governments in 2019-2020.
St. Mary’s is expected to receive a $100,000 grant as part of a three-year commitment from the Gila River
Indian Community for its Community Kitchen Program, which provides vocational training for formerly
incarcerated individuals, the homeless and others with barriers to employment.
List any other funds you have received from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
(Enterprises Included) and identify the amount and the source:
St. Mary’s has not received any other type of funding from SRPMIC.
Has your organization ever applied for and received any local, state, or federal grants If
so, please detail.

Yes, St. Mary’s has applied for, and received numerous federal local and state grants, including from the
Arizona Department of Economic Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Maricopa Country,
the cities of Phoenix, Glendale, Surprise, Avondale, Goodyear and Peoria, and First Things First. These
requests were for several different programs.
Funding for project/programs may be based on available funding. As such, if funding were
not available for the full the amount of request how would you prioritize funding.
St. Mary’s one and only priority is using the full amount awarded to procure and provide food for the
Backpack Program. Expenses include packaging, employee salaries and benefits, transportation and food
costs. A grant of $100,000 from SRPMIC will provide 14,286 backpacks for school-aged children; a
smaller grant will provide fewer backpacks. For example, a $75,000 grant will provide 10,714 backpacks; a
$50,000 grant will provide 7,143 backpacks and so on. While St. Mary's hopes SRPMIC will provide full
funding, we will be grateful for any amount provided that will enable the agency to procure and provide
nutritious food and meals to help these families.
1. Food: $767,470
2. Packaging: $110,568
3. Program Staff Salaries and Benefits: $31,207
Which municipal governmental entity will serve as your pass through or accept 12% funds on
your behalf? Maricopa County will serve as St. Mary’s pass-through and accept the funds.
By execution of the 12% Gaming Contribution Grant Application the undersigned agrees that
the information contained in the Application is true to the best of the Applicants knowledge.
The Applicant shall notify the SRPMIC if any information in this Application changes.
08/28/2019
Signature for the Applicant Date
President & CEO
Name and Title
The Application shall be signed by the senior elected official of the local government, or in
the case of a non-profit entity, the Chief Executive Officer authorizes to commit the non-
profit entity to apply for, accept, and implement an award from the SRPMIC utilizing 12%
Gaming Contributions.