Brian Lipschultz became a co-CEO and trustee of the Otto Bremer Trust in 2012. Since that time, Brian Lipschultz has served alongside his colleagues to oversee the trust’s grant-making activities and ensure that everything is in compliance.
Among the many grants the Otto Bremer Trust has distributed is $100,000 to the Great Plains Food Bank (GPFB) to help the organization provide services to people in North Dakota. One of the initiatives the GPFB operates is its Senior Food Pack Program. A community-based plan that operates throughout the United States, the Senior Food Pack Program provides nutritional, shelf-stable food packs to seniors in 25 North Dakota counties each month.
For program eligibility, individuals must be at least 60 years old and have an income that falls below 130 percent of the federal poverty level, which stands at $15,800 in 2017. To continue operations, the Senior Food Pack Program must receive funding through the annual federal appropriations process, which currently allows the initiative to serve seniors in 39 states.
