About Alameda County Community Food Bank
We partner with our community to end hunger and its root causes.
Focus Areas
Hunger reliefFood insecurityNutritionChild hungerStudent hungerCalFresh/SNAP accessHealth and hungerAdvocacyCommunity organizingResearch
Who They Fund
community-based food pantriesfood banks and meal programslow-income and food-insecure householdslocal community members in crisis
About Alameda County Community Food Bank
Alameda County Community Food Bank’s recent grantmaking is built around supplying food and equipment to community agencies that are meeting demand and preventing hunger. The largest grants in the file go to Hope 4 the Heart in Hayward, including awards of $6,636,857 in 2023, $5,633,412 in 2024, and $4,427,795 in 2025. That recurring pattern appears across multiple community partners, showing a funding style centered on steady operational support rather than isolated awards. The foundation’s work reaches food banks, meal programs, and neighborhood-based agencies that serve low-income and food-insecure households. Alameda Food Bank in Alameda received grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025, while Mercy Brown Bag Program in Oakland appears repeatedly with multi-million-dollar awards across the same period. Similar support went to South Hayward Parish, Tri-city Volunteers, and East Oakland Senior Center. The grants are framed in practical terms: supplement food and equipment, help agencies meet demand, and prevent hunger. That makes the funder’s role clear in the local food-system network — it supplies the resources agencies need to distribute food at scale and keep programs operating for community members in crisis.
What Alameda County Community Food Bank Funds
Food security is the center of the foundation’s grantmaking. It backed Hope 4 the Heart in Hayward with $5,633,412 in 2024 to supplement food and equipment for agencies meeting community demand and preventing hunger. A similar purpose appears in the support for Alameda Food Bank in Alameda, including $2,779,422 in 2024 for the same type of supply-and-capacity assistance. The foundation also funds meal and pantry infrastructure in Oakland and nearby cities. Mercy Brown Bag Program received $3,603,179 in 2024 to supplement food and equipment, while East Oakland Senior Center was awarded $1,795,614 in 2025 for the same purpose. In Fremont, Tri-city Volunteers received $2,318,281 in 2024 to help agencies meet demand and prevent hunger. Across these grants, the emphasis is on direct service support, food-related equipment, and the local agencies that distribute food to households in crisis.
How Alameda County Community Food Bank Gives
Typical grant size sits at a p25 of $27,687, a median of $74,146, and a p75 of $187,153, while the recent top grants are much larger and tied to food and equipment support. The same organizations appear across multiple years, including several with awards in 2023, 2024, and 2025, which points to recurring support rather than one-off giving. The funder operates locally, gives only in California, and does not make program-related investments. Its grantmaking is entirely to organizations rather than individuals, and the support is often framed as supplemental operational assistance, frequently in-kind food and equipment.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$99.4M
Total Assets
$95.2M
Total Revenue
$141.5M
Total Expenses
$136.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $28K and $187K, with a median of $74K.
25th Percentile
$28K
Median
$74K
75th Percentile
$187K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
REGINALD YOUNG
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