INTERFAITH COMMUNITY COLLECTIVE INCORPORATED

While ICC received its 501(c)(3) approval in March 2025 it began receiving donations and paying a few startup expenses, the majority of expenses and salary continued to be paid by the previous organizing organization, University United Methodist Church. At the beginning of the new fiscal year, October 1, 2025, all expenses, including personnel are through ICC. Because of this, for ICC, the program dollar amounts are $0. Complete budget for 2025-2026 is $140,000. ICC Friday Food Distribution begins on Thursday when 300 large boxes (mostly banana boxes) are filled with shelf stable foods, much or which comes from the Central New York Food Bank. On Friday, the Food Bank delivers (on average) about a ton of grocery rescue foods and these are sorted, and along with other perishable items are added the boxes. Cars begin to arrive at 8 am for the 10 am food distribution and there is a separate line for walkers. It is all over by 11:30. The 300 cars represent about 1,000 people getting 4 days of food. Total food distribution for the year is around 300,000 pounds.

While ICC received its 501(c)(3) approval in March and began receiving donations and paying a few startup expenses, the majority of expenses and salary continued to be paid by the previous organizing organization, University United Methodist Church. At the beginning of the new fiscal year, October 1, 2025, all future expenses, including personnel are through ICC. Because of this, for ICC the dollar amounts are $0. Complete budget for 2025-2026 is $140,000. The ICC Clothing Room provides free clothing to persons in poverty. It is open Thursdays and Sundays and serves about 100 families a week. To provide scale, the clothing takes up about 3,000 square feet of display space. Donations of clothing come from individuals, dormitories at the end of semesters and through relationships with other organizations with similar programs.