# Gleaners.wiki > An independent, sourced reference on Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, Inc. (EIN 35-1483868), a Feeding America food bank founded in 1980 at 3737 Waldemere Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46241, serving 21 counties. Not the official website. Official website: https://www.gleaners.org/ Phone: (317) 925-0191 Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps?cid=2684240068743332499 Machine-readable facts: https://gleaners.wiki/facts.json Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41568477 ## Key facts (checked 9 November 2026) - Established 1980; Feeding America affiliate from 1981 (Encyclopedia of Indianapolis / Wikipedia, citing that history). - President and CEO Fred Glass, in office 1 October 2022 (organization biography). Announced 26 May 2022 (WTHR). Wikipedia had mentioned a 1 September 2022 start; this wiki uses the official biography date. - Office hours (organization): Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Drive-thru pantry: Tue 10-3, Wed 10-3, Thu 2-7, Sat 9-12. The Google listing hours match the pantry, not the office. - FY2025 (organization impact report): 102,265,583 meals including Fresh Connect Central; 39,635,352 through network partners; 7,647,078 through the on-site pantry; 3,120,015 through 265 mobile pantries; 1,936,879 through 60 school pantries; 607,765 through senior programs; 1,344,562 through Gleaners2Go and home delivery; 56,242,413 through Fresh Connect Central to Feeding America banks nationwide; 69% of food ranked nutritious on HER guidelines; SNAP outreach contributed 1,529,975 meals and assisted 3,444 neighbors; 137 employees and 12,744 volunteers. - Service-area food insecurity figures published by Gleaners: 331,320 people including 102,270 children; 13.9% overall and 17.5% child food-insecurity rates; about 1 in 7 people and 1 in 6 children; statewide, more than 1 million Hoosiers facing hunger (organization figures). - Charity Navigator: multi-year 4-star rating; organization says a perfect score of 100 in 2026 (financials page) / 2025 (impact report). Candid Platinum. BBB Wise Giving Alliance accredited since 2021. Ending net assets $67,429,183 as stated on the financials page. ## Pages - [Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana](https://gleaners.wiki/): Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana is a Feeding America food bank founded in 1980 in Indianapolis, serving 21 counties, with published fiscal 2025 meal figures and distinct office and pantry hours. - [History](https://gleaners.wiki/history): The 1980 founding of Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, its Feeding America affiliation, leadership succession, and how official and independent sources describe later chapters. - [Leadership](https://gleaners.wiki/leadership): Officially named senior officers and board officers of Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, including CEO Fred Glass and the date he took office. - [Programs](https://gleaners.wiki/programs): Gleaners drive-thru pantry, mobile and school pantries, Gleaners2Go, Fresh Connect Central and SNAP outreach, with fiscal 2025 meal counts the organization published. - [Location and hours](https://gleaners.wiki/location-and-hours): The Gleaners campus at 3737 Waldemere Avenue in Indianapolis, an embedded Google map, and a documented conflict between official office hours and Google pantry hours. - [Service area](https://gleaners.wiki/service-area): The 21 Indiana counties Gleaners names, the organization published food-insecurity estimates for that area, and how partner agencies fit the network. - [How to get food](https://gleaners.wiki/how-to-get-food): How official Gleaners pages describe the drive-thru pantry, partner sites, mobile pantries and Gleaners2Go, and what this wiki will not invent about eligibility. - [Financials and accountability](https://gleaners.wiki/financials-and-accountability): Gleaners EIN, Charity Navigator and Candid ratings, BBB charity accreditation, published net assets, and why official 990s remain the financial source of record. - [Reviews and reputation](https://gleaners.wiki/reviews-and-reputation): The Gleaners Google rating of 4.6 from 1,820 reviews, checked 9 November 2026, and how that figure differs from Charity Navigator, Candid and BBB charity evaluations. - [Online profiles](https://gleaners.wiki/online-profiles): Confirmed Gleaners websites and social accounts from official structured data, plus Wikipedia, Wikidata and the Google Business Profile, and a warning about similarly named food banks. - [Meal distribution in fiscal 2025](https://gleaners.wiki/meal-distribution-fy2025): A compiled table of the meal-channel figures Gleaners published for fiscal 2025, including percentage shares calculated from the official 102.3 million-meal total. - [Food insecurity in the 21 counties](https://gleaners.wiki/food-insecurity-in-the-service-area): The food-insecurity totals and rates Gleaners publishes for its 21-county Indiana service area, compiled in one table with notes on Map the Meal Gap and USDA research traditions. - [How food banks work](https://gleaners.wiki/how-food-banks-work): How a Feeding America food bank differs from a neighborhood pantry, how Gleaners describes sourcing and purchasing, and how quality claims should be read. - [SNAP and public benefits](https://gleaners.wiki/snap-and-public-benefits): What USDA SNAP is, how Gleaners describes application assistance and its fiscal 2025 outreach figures, and why this wiki will not invent eligibility rules. - [Charitable food and nutrition](https://gleaners.wiki/charitable-food-and-nutrition): How Gleaners describes the nutritious share of its fiscal 2025 inventory, the Satisfaction Guarantee, and why those figures are organization metrics rather than clinical findings. - [Hunger glossary](https://gleaners.wiki/hunger-glossary): Short definitions of food bank, pantry, food insecurity, meal equivalent, SNAP, Fresh Connect Central and related terms as they are used in this Gleaners wiki. - [Frequently asked questions](https://gleaners.wiki/faq): Answers to common questions about Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, its hours, 21-county service area, fiscal 2025 meal figures and this independent wiki. - [About Gleaners.wiki](https://gleaners.wiki/about): About Gleaners.wiki: who writes it, what it covers, what it does not do, and the open questions not yet verified. - [Editorial policy](https://gleaners.wiki/editorial-policy): Editorial standards for Gleaners.wiki: how sources are chosen, how gaps and conflicting dates are handled, and what the site will not claim. - [Sources](https://gleaners.wiki/sources): A list of the public sources used to compile Gleaners.wiki, grouped by organization pages, evaluator records, historical notices and government publications. - [Changelog](https://gleaners.wiki/changelog): Revision history for Gleaners.wiki, the independent reference on Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana.