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    Great Plains Food Bank

    Great Plains Food Bank is a food bank that serves North Dakota and Clay County, Minnesota. In its latest fiscal year, a record 186,366 neighbors turned to the food bank and its network of food pantries and programs for food assistance. It distributed 15.4 million pounds of food, a 4.5% increase over the previous fiscal year.

    EIN: 47-2229589greatplainsfoodbank.org
    Chief Executive Officer
    Ann Prifrel

    Leadership

    Ann Prifrel, Chief Executive Officer. Ann Prifrel is chief executive officer of Great Plains Food Bank.

    Key facts

    Neighbors who turned to the food bank for food assistance, latest fiscal year
    186,366 (a record)source
    Food distributed, latest fiscal year
    15.4 million pounds (a 4.5% increase over the previous fiscal year)source
    Total revenue, FY ending June 2025 (Form 990)
    $40,612,922source
    Total assets, FY ending June 2025 (Form 990)
    $20,407,215source
    Predecessor as CEO
    Melissa Sobolik (last day as CEO in July 2025)source

    WYDE coverage of Great Plains Food Bank

    WYDE Newsroom has published 4 articles about Great Plains Food Bank, from Mar 14, 2026 to Aug 8, 2026. Great Plains Food Bank is the subject of 4 stories. The most recent is The 2026 Farm Bill Fails in the Senate Agriculture Committee by One Vote Over SNAP Error Rates.

    Food Policy

    The 2026 Farm Bill Fails in the Senate Agriculture Committee by One Vote Over SNAP Error Rates

    Democrats blocked the Agricultural Act of 2026 after Chairman John Boozman offered a one-year delay on state SNAP cost sharing, leaving the first farm bill since 2018 stalled into September

    Aug 8, 2026 · 3 min read · Subject of the story

    Food Policy

    US Employers Cut 23,000 Jobs in July as Food Banks Post Record Demand

    Economists polled by Econoday expected 88,000 new jobs. Payrolls fell instead, May and June were both revised down, and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.1 percent partly because people left the labor force.

    Aug 8, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story

    WYDE Weekly

    Fertilizer Up 77%. SNAP Cut $187 Billion. Food Banks at Capacity. The Storm Is Here.

    The Strait of Hormuz closed. Fertilizer prices spiked 77%. Congress advanced a Farm Bill that ignores the largest SNAP cuts in history. Food banks are reporting record demand. The government killed the only survey measuring hunger. And we signed four exchanges, a market maker, and a PR firm that owns CoinTelegraph. 45 days.

    Mar 14, 2026 · 8 min read · Subject of the story

    Food Policy

    Food Banks Hit Record Demand Nationwide as SNAP Cuts Take Effect

    Food banks report record demand nationwide with Great Plains at 43-year high and Omaha at 4x 2018 levels as $187 billion in SNAP cuts begin taking effect.

    Mar 14, 2026 · 3 min read · Subject of the story

    Reported alongside Great Plains Food Bank

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