Mission: Gleaners was founded in 1980 and is a member of Feeding America the nation's food bank network. Since its inception, Gleaners has distributed more than 600 million pounds of food and critical grocery products through nearly 250 hunger relief agencies, schools and community partners. In addition to food distribution to agencies, Gleaners serves Indiana's most vulnerable populations, seniors and children, through specialty programs such as School Pantries, Mobile Pantries, Summer Meals for Kids, and Senior Hunger Initiatives Programs.

In addition, Gleaners operates Fresh Connect Central, a regional produce and perishable food processing center for Feeding America, sourcing and distributing fresh fruits and vegetables, meat, and dairy to member food banks in 9 states. We are also a contract reclamation site for Kroger Central Division, and a disaster relief staging site for both Feeding America and FEMA.

Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana is a 501(c)(3) organization, with an IRS ruling year of 1980, and donations are tax-deductible.