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The Greater Boston Food Bank company history timeline

1981

The Boston Food Bank was founded by Kip Tiernan and legally incorporated in 1981.

1982

1982 GBFB becomes a member of the America’s Second Harvest (now known as Feeding America).

1993

The Boston Food Bank officially changed its name to The Greater Boston Food Bank in 1993.

1995

1995 Catherine D’Amato, now President and CEO, joins GBFB.

2007

The Greater Boston Food Bank broke ground in 2007 at the 2.8-acre (11,000 m) site of a new facility at 70 South Bay Ave (the former home of the South Bay Incinerator), across the street from the organization’s previous location.

2009

2009 GBFB moves into our new 117,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility, the Yawkey Distribution Center.

2013

2013 GBFB launches its Capacity Building Grant program to further support hunger-relief partners across Eastern Massachusetts.

2017

Rise and Shine Massachusetts, a statewide coalition led by GBFB, was instrumental in advocating for the bill since it was originally introduced in 2017.

2018

2018 Formation of the Hunger to Health Collaboratory, a cross-sector collaboration between leaders, including GBFB, dedicated to reducing the health consequences of hunger.

2020

2020 GBFB distributes more than 100 million pounds of food in the calendar year for the first time in its history to meet the historic demand for food as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

2021

2021 GBFB distributes its 1 billionth pound of food in its history.

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Kip Tiernan,Betsy Scheffel,Craig Peskin,George A. Downey,Jim Lack,Joshua Boger
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