Grants for food distribution programs

Name: Top 25 grants made to food distribution programs
Creator: Cause IQ
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3,694 food distribution programs received at least $95.1 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 10,871 grants made from 5,192 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 5,192 foundations, 70% made just a single grant to food distributors, and 5% made grants to four or more food distributors. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$95,110,345

Total grant dollars given to food distribution programs

10,871

Number of grants made annually to food distribution programs

5,192

Number of grantmakers funding food distribution programs

$1,000

Median grant size to food distribution programs

Foundations that support food distribution programs

Out of all grants made to food distribution programs, 85% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 73% of the dollar-value of grants to food distributors. Foundations funding food distributors also made grants to food banks, multiservice human service organizations, christian organizations, homeless shelters, and religious organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	4,412
Medium	468
Large	306

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	99
Private	4,501
Corporate	230
Other	362

Grants made

Grants made to food distributors	Number of grantmakers
1	3,681
2-3	1,205
4-10	237
11+	69

Top 10 foundations supporting food distribution programs

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to food distributors	Number of grants made to food distributors	Median grant size
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	1.9%	181	$500
Land O'Lakes Foundation	MN	National	2.2%	177	$600
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.1%	164	$495
Westrock Foundation	GA	National	0.5%	129	$25
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.2%	120	$260
The Rhode Island Foundation	RI	Metro	0.4%	114	$1,000
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	0.3%	112	$1,000
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.7%	110	$100
Food Lifeline	WA	Metro	18.1%	105	$1,163

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Food distribution programs grantees

Food distribution programs with more than $5 million in total revenues received 82% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 60% of all food distributors.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	10,854
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	17

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,000
$100k-$500k	$1,500
$500k-$1M	$1,500
$1M-$5M	$1,082
>$5M	$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	987
New York	822
Illinois	602
Texas	574
Other	7,886

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	824
Chicago	552
Washington DC	467
Seattle	329
Other	7,856

Top 25 grants made to food distribution programs

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Feeding America	$8,041,342	Covid 19:covid 19 America's Food Fund	Gofundmeorg
World Central Kitchen	$7,859,000	Covid 19:covid 19 America's Food Fund	Gofundmeorg
METROPOLITAN New York COORDINATING COUNCIL ON Jewish Poverty	$6,077,000	Caring / Jewish Life	Uja-Federation of New York
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank	$5,638,290	Fight Hunger	Feeding America
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley	$5,323,239	Food Security	Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
Collaborative for Fresh Produce	$4,719,303	Produce Acquisition and Distribution	Feeding Texas
North Texas Food Bank	$4,508,281	This Grant Is Designated for General Support.	Communities Foundation of Texas
Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana	$4,259,009	Fight Hunger	Feeding America
Greater Chicago Food Depository	$4,101,825	General Support	Fulk Family Foundation
Share Our Strength	$3,665,000	To Provide Covid-19 Support	Blue Meridian Partners
United Dairy Industry of Michigan	$3,643,323	Promote the Sale of Milk and Milk Products and Increase Consumer Awareness of Milk Products Through Promotion, Research, and Nutrition Education.	Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA)
Meals on Wheels by ACC	$3,599,382	Senior Programs	Area 4 Agency on Aging
The Houston Food Bank	$2,920,145	Fight Hunger	Feeding America
Community FoodBank of New Jersey (CFBNJ)	$2,793,567	Fight Hunger	Feeding America
Greater Chicago Food Depository	$2,792,478	Fight Hunger	Feeding America
Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana	$2,700,000	General Support	United Way of Central Indiana
Meals on Wheels of Tarrant	$2,653,360	Transportation Vouchers & Home Delivered Meals & Participant Assessment, Healthy Ideas, CLP.	United Way of Tarrant County
Loaves and Fishes	$5,000	X Religion Spiritual Development	Community Foundation of Louisville
Veterans Outreach of Wisconsin (VOW)	$5,000	Covid Relief	United Way of Racine County
Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin	$5,000	Covid Relief	United Way of Racine County
Wilkinson Center	$5,000	Education and Support for Families in Need.	The Baldridge Foundation
Wilkinson Center	$5,000	Education and Support for Families in Need.	The Baldridge Foundation
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank	$5,000	General Purposes	Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
Fluvanna Meals on Wheels	$5,000	General Purposes	Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
Local Food Hub	$5,000	Restricted To Support of Not-For-Profit Programs	Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Food distribution programs" category for this page is determined by the "K30: Food Service, Free Food Distribution Programs" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.