The Food Bank of Northern Nevada serves Reno, Sparks, Carson City, and the rural counties of northern Nevada from its Sparks headquarters, extending across the state line into the eastern Sierra of California. Its 90,000-square-mile service area is vast and mostly empty, and it reaches more than 137,000 people a month through 155-plus partner agencies, nearly half of them children and seniors. Nicole Lamboley has led it as President and CEO since 2019, and she has chaired the western region of food banks for Feeding America.
The Food Bank of Northern Nevada sources food at scale and distributes it across one of the largest, emptiest service areas of any food bank, more than 90,000 square miles, through 155-plus partner agencies and its own mobile distributions. Reaching the remote high-desert communities of northern Nevada and the eastern Sierra takes a logistics operation built for distance, and the food bank runs strong programs for children and seniors, who make up nearly half of those it serves.
Nicole Lamboley has been President and CEO since 2019. She previously held senior roles in Nevada state government and health care, including chief deputy secretary of state and an administrator at Renown Health. Her peers elected her to chair the western region of food banks for Feeding America, which earned her a seat on the network’s national advisory council.
The service area covers northern Nevada, from the Reno-Sparks and Carson City metros out across rural high-desert counties, and extends into the eastern Sierra of California. Reno’s economy has grown with tech-sector expansion, including the Tesla Gigafactory, but that growth has driven up housing costs and left many working families food-insecure, a different pattern than Las Vegas to the south.
Yes. The Food Bank of Northern Nevada is a registered 501(c)(3) and a Feeding America member, with its CEO holding national leadership in the network. Donors can review its financials through Charity Navigator and GuideStar. Bulk buying and donated food mean a gift produces many meals.
Donations and volunteer shifts run through fbnn.org. Volunteers sort and pack food and help at mobile distributions across the vast service area, and cash gifts go furthest because of the food bank’s purchasing power.
The Food Bank of Northern Nevada covers Reno, Sparks, and the northern part of the state, while Three Square covers Las Vegas and Southern Nevada. Together they cover the state. For anyone in the Reno area or northern Nevada, this is the lead organization.
155+ agencies across a 90,000-square-mile area.
Food brought into remote high-desert communities.
School and weekend food support for kids at risk of hunger.
Food assistance for older adults on fixed incomes.
Sources: Food Bank of Northern Nevada website (fbnn.org), and 2News and Feeding America materials on Nicole Lamboley’s leadership and the organization’s service area. We are not affiliated with Food Bank of Northern Nevada and receive no compensation for this listing. Spotted an error? [email protected]
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