Capital Area Food Bank

About Capital Area Food Bank

A $15 million program-support grant to its own foundation stands out in the recent record for Capital Area Food Bank Inc, alongside a long list of capacity grants to local food-access organizations across the District of Columbia region. The funder’s work centers on hunger relief, food distribution, nutrition education, healthy food access, and food + health partnerships, with additional support for advocacy and public policy and urban farming or gardening. That mix shows up in grant purpose language tied to partner capacity, meal service, and perinatal support. Recent grants also point to a strong local operating model. Capital Area Food Bank Inc has funded churches, community centers, health-focused nonprofits, and food assistance partners in Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia, often for restricted or project-specific work rather than general philanthropy. Examples include grants to Urban Outreach Inc for capacity work and to Mary’s Center for Maternal and Child Care for a perinatal pilot grant. The organization’s active programs reinforce that pattern through food distribution partnerships, child nutrition meal vendor procurement, and wellness-oriented partner recognition. The latest 990 on file is 2025, and leadership is listed as Radha Muthiah.

What Capital Area Food Bank Funds

In capacity building, Capital Area Food Bank Inc repeatedly supports local organizations that distribute food or strengthen food access operations. Urban Outreach Inc received $151,145 in 2023 and $46,581 in 2024 for capacity work, showing a multiyear relationship. The Salvation Army a Georgia Corporation also received $73,130 in 2024 and $40,388 in 2025 for capacity grants. The foundation also funds nutrition and perinatal work. Mary’s Center for Maternal and Child Care received $32,000 in 2023 for a perinatal pilot grant. Beyond that, its active program list includes the Partners for Wellness Grant Program, which recognizes partner agencies that prioritize wellness foods and includes partner training and workshops. Child nutrition appears in its procurement and meal-service activity. The Kids’ Cafe meal vendor RFPs in the District of Columbia support sites in the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program, linking the funder’s food work to direct meal delivery for children.

How Capital Area Food Bank Gives