The Tinervin Family

Friends, Donors, Volunteers, & Partners,

I want to start by thanking you all for your generosity in helping make The Tinervin Family Foundation successful.  When we started this Foundation in 2016, we never imagined we would grow the size we are now and make the impact in the community we are making now.

We started passing out food at different locations in Bloomington-Normal. Today, our food operation has gone into a 10,000 square foot warehouse where we store and package boxes of food to be distributed by various partners and agencies in Bloomington-Normal and Champaign.

Our Foundation has various partnerships for our mobile food distribution programs.  We are delivering food directly to underserved neighborhoods, eliminating barriers for people who may not have adequate transportation to access local food pantries. We currently distribute to several locations in the Bloomington-Normal and Champaign areas.  

We partnered with the Town of Normal, City of Bloomington, Laborers Union, McLean County and United Way to buy a mobile health clinic to be operated by Carle-BroMenn exclusively in Bloomington-Normal and McLean Counties.  This clinic is operating several days a month at various locations.  At most of these locations, the Foundation also distributes food boxes, fresh produce and hygiene products to people in need in those neighborhoods.

A few years ago, we took on the largest partnership with Western Avenue Community Center.  This will be our largest expenditure over the next few years.  I believe this partnership will greatly increase our ability to fulfill our vision to promote access and positive changes, as well as enriching the lives of others through broad-impact community outreach.

We are also very active in the Champaign-Urbana community.  We provide monthly deliveries to help address food insecurities.  We have also partnered with various non-profit agencies to help improve their organizations.

We have a couple consulting contracts, but no paid staff and all our clerical, accounting, office equipment, and supplies have been donated.  The way the Foundation continues to operate ensures you almost every dollar contributed goes directly to helping underserved families in McLean & Champaign counties.  

Our Foundation was built on the following values: integrity, partnerships, commitment & community.  We also strongly believe in partnerships and helping other community organizations that are already providing services, but these organizations need additional funding experience and influence.  

Once again, thank you for all your support and I look forward to expanding our outreach into our community. 

 

Thank you,

Jeffrey M. Tinervin
Director, Tinervin Family Foundation