Food Bank Management System Web App

The Food Bank Management System Web App runs a regional food bank in one browser application: donations, purchases and USDA deliveries, the volunteer sort line, inventory lots by location and best-by date, partner agency orders with FEFO picking, households and direct distributions, volunteers and shifts, cold storage temperatures, pallet labels and 28 ready-made reports, with 7 role-based logins. It is built on Google Apps Script and stores everything in a Google Sheet in your own Drive, so it works as food bank software you own outright.

From the donor’s truck to the agency’s pickup, every step updates the same live database, so the dashboard, the pounds on hand and the movement ledger always agree. Think of it as food pantry software, food bank management software and a food bank inventory management tool in one download.

✅ Instant download · One-time payment · No subscription · No per-user fees

Watch the Food Bank Management System Web App walkthrough

🔑 Key Features of the Food Bank Management System

📥 Donations, purchases and USDA receipts. Receive donor gifts, purchased food and USDA TEFAP and CSFP deliveries line by line with cases, lot and best-by date. New receipts wait on the sort line until volunteers inspect them and press “Sorted, put away”. Donor thank-you and tax acknowledgement letters go out by email or are marked as mailed.

📦 Inventory lots by location and best-by date. Every lot sits in a real location (dry rack, floor, cooler, freezer, receiving dock, sort line or quarantine) with its best-by date, cases, reserved cases, pounds and in-kind value. Move a lot, put it on hold, dispose of it or print its pallet label from its row.

🚚 Agency orders with FEFO picking. Partner agency orders check the agency’s monthly allocation limit and TEFAP eligibility, are allocated earliest best-by first (FEFO), picked from a printable pick ticket in location order, staged at the dock and released at pickup or delivery. Shared maintenance fees are charged per pound on release.

⏰ Expiring stock and shortages. The Expiring Stock screen groups lots into best-by bands (past, 0 to 7, 8 to 14, 15 to 30 and 31 to 60 days) with pounds at risk. The Shortages screen lists staples under or near par with daily use, days of supply and a suggested restock.

🏠 Households, agencies and people served. Direct-service households (senior box and mobile pantry) with size, children, seniors, income level and recertification date, every check-in as a direct distribution, plus monthly agency service reports with households, individuals, children, seniors and meals.

🙋 Volunteers and shifts. Volunteers with type, group, skills and waiver, shifts by activity and site, booking, attendance and pounds sorted, with volunteer hours and their dollar value on the dashboard.

🌡️ Cold storage log. The latest reading for each cooler and freezer, 30-day compliance and excursions. A reading outside the safe range needs a corrective action before it is saved.

📊 Live dashboard and 28 reports. Pounds in and out, days of supply, pounds per household, people served, order fill rate, spoilage rate and cold chain compliance at a glance, plus 28 ready-made reports with date range, warehouse filter, print and CSV export.

🔐 7 roles and 42 permissions. Administrator, Operations Director, Warehouse Lead, Receiving Coordinator, Agency Relations, Volunteer Coordinator and Viewer, each seeing only the screens their job needs. Passwords are stored as salted SHA-256 hashes, and every change is written to the audit log.

🏷️ Labels, settings, import and archive. Code 128 pallet, lot, item and location labels at 3 inch, 4 inch or A4. Settings cover the organization profile, value per pound, fiscal year start, FEFO, expiry alert days, shared maintenance fees, volunteer hour value and print size. Lists are editable, master data and opening stock can be imported from a pasted sheet, and old closed records can be moved to a database archive.

The download includes realistic starter data so every screen is populated the moment you sign in: about 14,900 seeded rows across 28 tables, including 4 sites with 93 storage locations, 110 food items, 60 donors, 20 food drives, 734 donations, 413 inventory lots, 62 partner agencies, 1,429 agency orders, 739 agency service reports, 320 households, 1,023 direct distributions, 150 volunteers and 223 shifts. All figures are in US dollars and pounds, and the organization is fictional. Replace it with your own data from the screens or with Import.

🖥️ What’s Inside: Screen by Screen

Sign-in page

A branded sign-in card with a show/hide password button. The default credentials are never printed on the sign-in screen, and a fresh install shows a first-run panel that builds the database for you.

Dashboard

A hero band with pounds distributed and received this month, distributed this fiscal year, households served and in-kind food value, then twelve KPI cards: food on hand, days of supply, pounds per household, people served last month, open agency orders, order fill rate, best-by in 14 days, spoilage rate, volunteer hours, cold chain compliance, shortages and partner agencies. Below them sit Pounds Received vs Distributed by month, Where the Food Came From, Distributed by Food Category, Top Partner Agencies, the pickup queue and a Restock Now list.

Inventory on hand

One row per warehouse, location and lot with source, best-by date, days left, cases, reserved, pounds, value and status. Cards show pounds on hand, reserved for orders, on the sort line and on hold. Filter by warehouse, status, source, storage and category, add opening stock or import it.

Expiring stock

Lots grouped by best-by band with the pounds and value at risk, so the warehouse team knows what to move first.

Donations and receiving

Received this month and this fiscal year, the sort line queue and thank-you letters due, then every donation, purchase and USDA receipt with donor, source, site, lines, pounds, value, acknowledgement and status.

Agency orders

Partner agency orders with pickup date, method, lines, pounds and stage (Submitted, Allocated, Picking, Staged, Released or Cancelled), with the monthly limit check and an email confirmation to the agency.

Pick, stage and release

A work queue by stage, earliest pickup first: Allocate (FEFO), Start picking, Staged at the dock and Release to agency, with a printable pick ticket for every order.

Households

Registered direct-service households with program, size, children, seniors, income level against the poverty line, TEFAP eligibility and recertification date.

Reports

A library of 28 ready-made reports across inventory, food sourcing, distribution, community, food safety, volunteers and admin: inventory on hand by item, expiring stock, food sourced by channel, donor giving summary, USDA commodity receipts, distribution by partner agency and by county, order fill rate, shared maintenance fee statement, TEFAP distribution by agency, people served, disposal and spoilage, cold chain compliance and volunteer hours. Set a date range and warehouse, then print or export.

Users and roles

Application users with role and status, and the full role and permission matrix: 42 individual permissions across 7 roles. The same map drives the menu and the server-side checks, so a hidden screen cannot be reached by calling the server directly.

Also included: Food Items, Shortages and Par Levels, Warehouses and Locations, Cold Storage Log, Donors, Food Drives, Partner Agencies, Agency Service Reports, Direct Distributions, Volunteers, Shifts and Hours, Transfers, Disposal and Adjustments, Movement Ledger, Pallet and Lot Labels, Dropdown Lists, Settings, Audit Log, Database Archive and Help.

📊 Food Bank Management System vs. Spreadsheet vs. Paid Food Bank Software

👥 Who This Web App Is For, and Who It’s Not For

✅ Built for:

• Regional food banks that receive donated, purchased and USDA food and supply a network of partner pantries, soup kitchens and shelters
• Food pantries and community food programs that want food pantry software with lots, best-by dates and households in one place
• Nonprofit teams that want food bank management software without a per-user subscription

❌ Not built for:

• Operations that need handheld scanner apps or client self check-in kiosks
• Organizations that need fundraising CRM, grant accounting or tax filing; this system tracks food, people and volunteers, not your books
• Teams that must work offline; the app runs in the browser and needs an internet connection

⚙️ How to Set Up the Food Bank Management System

1. Try the live demo first with the login details above, one role at a time.
2. Create a new Google Apps Script project, paste Code.cs.txt into Code.gs, and add an HTML file named exactly Index containing Index.txt.
3. Deploy it as a web app (Execute as: Me, choose who has access) and accept the Google permission prompt.
4. Open the web app URL and press Run setup now on the first-run panel, or run setup once from the editor. Setup creates the database spreadsheet, its 28 tabs and the Drive folders, and resumes by itself if Google’s time limit interrupts it.
5. Sign in as admin and change every seeded password (or delete the accounts you do not need).
6. In Settings, enter your organization details, value per pound, fiscal year start, FEFO and expiry options, shared maintenance fees, print size and label size.
7. Add your warehouses and locations, food items, donors, partner agencies and volunteers, then import your opening stock.

The ZIP contains Code.cs.txt, Index.txt and the PDF user manual with every screen explained.

💼 Real-World Use Cases

A regional food bank with branch warehouses. Receiving coordinators book in grocery rescue, manufacturer and USDA deliveries, volunteers clear the sort line, and the warehouse lead allocates agency orders FEFO so the oldest best-by dates leave first.

A food pantry network reporting to its funders. Agency relations staff collect monthly service reports, and the People Served, TEFAP Distribution by Agency and Distribution by County reports give the board and the state agency the numbers they ask for.

A volunteer-driven pantry. The volunteer coordinator books shifts, records attendance and pounds sorted, and the dashboard shows volunteer hours and their dollar value for the annual report.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Can I try the Food Bank Management System before buying?

Yes. The live demo above runs the full system with fictional data. Sign in with any of the 7 demo accounts to see the dashboard, the screens each role can reach and all 28 reports before you spend anything.

What do I need to run it?

A Google account. The web app runs on Google Apps Script and creates its own Google Sheet database in your Drive during setup. Your team signs in with the usernames you create, so they do not need their own Google accounts.

Does it handle USDA TEFAP and CSFP food?

Yes. Food items carry a program (Donated, Purchased, USDA TEFAP or USDA CSFP), TEFAP food can only go to eligible agencies, CSFP is kept for senior boxes, and there are reports for USDA commodity receipts and TEFAP distribution by agency.

Does it track best-by dates and FEFO?

Yes. Every lot carries a best-by date, the Expiring Stock screen shows what reaches its date in the coming weeks, and agency orders are allocated earliest best-by first (FEFO), which you can switch in Settings.

Can it send donor acknowledgement letters?

Yes. From a donation you can email the donor a thank-you and tax acknowledgement letter, or mark it as mailed. The Donations screen counts the letters still due.

Can I change the currency, units and print size?

The demo uses US dollars and pounds. Settings lets you change the currency symbol, organization details, value per pound, print size (3 inch, 4 inch or A4) and label size.

👤 About the Author

Built by PK, Microsoft Certified Professional with 15+ years of Excel, Google Sheets, Apps Script and Power BI experience, founder of NextGenTemplates and the YouTube channels @PKAnExcelExpert, @NextGenTemplates and @NeoTechNavigators. Every template is hand-built and tested before release.

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📅 Last updated: October 2026