Clear standards for a trusted statewide network.

Defines who may participate as a UFNOR Network Member, including Oregon service, charitable structure, direct hunger-relief activity, local governance, food safety, nondiscrimination, accountability, and the requirement to operate outside the Oregon Food Bank Network.

Describes statewide coordination, regional-hub functions, host selection, local independence, food safety, disaster readiness, allocation practices, and public benefit.

Establishes eligibility, due diligence, objective review criteria, approval authority, written agreements, monitoring, conflicts of interest, emergency distributions, and recovery of misused resources.

Sets a diversified approach to foundation, government, corporate, individual, faith-community, civic, event, program-fee, and in-kind support, with donor-intent and financial-control safeguards.

Explains UFNOR’s planned food distribution, food rescue, transportation, storage, direct assistance, partner oversight, training, disaster response, funding, and public charitable benefit.

UFNOR is designed with a seven-member, Board-elected governing Board, no statutory voting members, conflict-of-interest protections, financial oversight, records standards, and protected local autonomy.