FFEN - Foundation for Essential Needs

When you give to Foundation for Essential Needs (FFEN), you're not just funding food — you're funding smarter food systems.

Every 6 months, FFEN provides food shelves with a free Strategic Food Sourcing Report that helps them:
* Understand their product mix by category
* See exactly how dollars are being spent
* Identify opportunities to do even more with less

Because feeding communities well means stretching every dollar for the most impact.

🗓️ Food shelves: You have 10 days left to sign up for your report covering January–June 2026. Deadline is June 15th.
Email [email protected] to claim yours!

Checkout photos from this year's Reshaping Hunger Relief Breakfast! Didn't attend? Click anyway and get the scoop on how FFEN is helping food shelves lead through disruption: https://ffen.org/blog/built-for-this-moment-ffen-helps-food-shelves-lead-through-disruptions/

Are you a food shelf leader looking for ways to build a budget that supports day-to-day operations as well as long-term impact?

FFEN is hosting Project Budgeting for Nonprofits (with Propel Nonprofits) and we'd love for you to join us for this free session!

Explore practical approaches to project-based budgeting. This training will help you better understand how to align program goals with financial planning, manage resources effectively, and build budgets.

Strong budgeting practices are essential for sustainable programs and effective decision-making.

Register now for this training which will be held:
May 26, 2026
11:30am–1:00pm CST

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Sustain and Nourish. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Sustain & Nourish is a monthly virtual session designed for staff and volunteers leading the day-to-day work of a food shelf. Each session focuses on a timely topic impacting food shelves across Minnesota and provides practical tools, insights, and peer support to strengthen shopper-focused operatio...