We mobilize and educate the community to ensure access to nutritious and familiar food.
Chester County Food Bank directs substantial grant support to local food distribution partners across Chester County, with recurring awards to community agencies that move food to households in need. The largest recent grants in the record went to Phoenixville Area Community Service, which received $955,362 in 2024 and $695,872 in 2025, and to West Chester Food Cupboard, which received $700,854 in 2025 and $381,706 in 2024. Those awards sit alongside support for other neighborhood providers such as Kennett Area Community Services and Cywa, showing a funding pattern built around partner agencies rather than individual grants. The funder’s stated work is to mobilize and educate the community to ensure access to nutritious and familiar food, and its active programs point to a network model that includes food cupboards, hot meal sites, school- and child-focused organizations, senior-focused organizations, healthcare partners, and other local agencies. Grants also include capacity-building support for equipment, repairs, and construction when those investments expand an agency’s ability to distribute food. The organization reported $16,239,931 in annual grants and $21,958,477 in total assets, with local giving concentrated in Pennsylvania.
Food access and emergency distribution are central to the foundation’s work. It gave $613,573 in 2025 to Kennett Area Community Services for charitable food, and the same grantee received $600,110 in 2024. The Community Partner Network and Strategic Food Distribution program also supports partner agencies with purchased, donated, and government-sourced food. Capacity support is another clear theme: the Capacity Building Grant program is designed for equipment, repairs, or construction that helps agencies distribute nutritious, culturally appropriate food. That approach is reflected in awards to local providers such as Cywa, which received $425,278 in 2025 and $188,630 in 2024 for charitable food. Prepared meal sites and food cupboards are part of the network as well, including church-based and community-based partners that serve neighbors through direct food distribution.
Typical grants are mid-sized, with a p25 of $13,726, a median of $32,102, and a p75 of $73,383. The recent grant list shows repeated awards to the same organizations across 2024 and 2025, indicating ongoing support rather than one-time gifts. Chester County Food Bank’s model is not a donor-advised fund; it is an operating food bank that makes local grants and direct resource support through partner networks. Several active programs accept unsolicited requests, including the Capacity Building Grant and the Community Partner Network. The pattern in the data is strongly local and service-oriented, with grants often tied to food distribution capacity and emergency food support.
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$22M
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Most grants fall between $14K and $73K, with a median of $32K.
25th Percentile
$14K
Median
$32K
75th Percentile
$73K
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All recorded grants in the data go to U.S. recipients, and 100% of grants are made in Pennsylvania. The strongest concentration is in Chester County communities such as Phoenixville, West Chester, Kennett Square, Coatesville, Oxford, and West Grove. Other recipient cities include Paoli, Parkesburg, Honey Brook, and Philadelphia. The geography aligns with the food bank’s local service area rather than a multi-state or national footprint.
It supports local partner agencies that distribute food, including food cupboards, hot meal sites, school- and child-focused organizations, senior-focused organizations, healthcare partners, and other community providers in Chester County.
Yes. The Capacity Building Grant and the Community Partner Network are both listed as accepting unsolicited requests from eligible local partners.
The distribution is concentrated in smaller awards, with a p25 of $13,726, a median of $32,102, and a p75 of $73,383.
Its giving is local, and every recorded grant in the data goes to recipients in Pennsylvania. The recipient cities include Phoenixville, West Chester, Kennett Square, Coatesville, Oxford, West Grove, Paoli, Parkesburg, Honey Brook, and Philadelphia.
Its focus areas include food security, hunger relief, nutrition, food distribution, agriculture and local food production, education and wellness, and workforce development. The grant programs also emphasize capacity building and food distribution logistics.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Current and upcoming funding from Chester County Food Bank that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Community service organizations in Chester County that provide food and/or meal assistance to neighbors in need.
Who can apply: Organizations that directly engage food insecure households are encouraged to apply.
Who can apply: Community service organizations serving food-insecure households in Chester County that partner with the food bank to distribute food and related resources.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEST CHESTER FOOD CUPBOARD | WEST CHESTER, PA | $700,854 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| PHOENIXVILLE AREA COMMUNITY SERVICE | PHOENIXVILLE, PA | $695,872 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| CHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK | EXTON, PA | $614,721 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| KENNETT AREA COMMUNITY SERVICES | KENNETT SQUARE, PA | $613,573 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| CYWA | COATESVILLE, PA | $425,278 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| MIGHTY WRITERS | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $255,609 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| WEST GROVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | WEST GROVE, PA | $218,826 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| SILO | OXFORD, PA | $196,996 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| CHURCH OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN FOOD C | PAOLI, PA | $189,600 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| THE BRIDGE FOOD PANTRY | WEST GROVE, PA | $182,976 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| OXFORD NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES | OXFORD, PA | $178,774 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| OCTORARA AREA FOOD CUPBOARD | PARKESBURG, PA | $177,579 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| HONEY BROOK FOOD PANTRY | HONEY BROOK, PA | $129,958 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH | COATESVILLE, PA | $125,689 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| KENNETT AREA SENIOR CENTER | KENNETT SQUARE, PA | $120,365 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| LORDS PANTRY OF DOWNINGTOWN | DOWNINGTOWN, PA | $109,065 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| OXFORD CHURCH OF GOD | OXFORD, PA | $102,782 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| COATESVILLE VETERAN AFFAIRS | COATESVILLE, PA | $96,627 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| GLENMOORE SALVATION ARMY FOOD PANTR | GLENMOORE, PA | $93,930 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| SPRING CITY FOOD PANTRY | SPRING CITY, PA | $88,831 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| BVAA COATESVILLE | COATESVILLE, PA | $80,162 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| PATHSTONE | KENNETT SQUARE, PA | $79,198 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| COATESVILLE SALVATION ARMY | COATESVILLE, PA | $67,917 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| PEOPLE'S PANTRY AT CHURCH ROAD | MALVERN, PA | $67,548 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| COVENTRY FOOD PANTRY | POTTSTOWN, PA | $67,167 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| BRANDY'S PANTRY | COATESVILLE, PA | $66,575 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| ST ROCCO'S CENTER | AVONDALE, PA | $62,908 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| ACT IN FAITH OF GREATER WEST CHESTE | WEST CHESTER, PA | $57,808 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| EBENEZER FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST | DOWNINGTOWN, PA | $57,656 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| BVAA DOWNTINGTOWN | DOWNINGTOWN, PA | $56,641 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| SANDY HILL CHURCH | COATESVILLE, PA | $53,711 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| COATESVILLE TOWERS | COATESVILLE, PA | $47,462 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| BRIDGEWAY HOUSE | COATESVILLE, PA | $45,424 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| BETTER TOMORROWS | COATESVILLE, PA | $45,314 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| WEST CHESTER AREA SENIOR CENTER | WEST CHESTER, PA | $45,065 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| ST NORBERT PARISH | PAOLI, PA | $43,918 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| ALIANZA'S LATINO OUTREACH | PHOENIXVILLE, PA | $40,732 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| SAFE HARBOR | WEST CHESTER, PA | $39,864 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| COATESVILLE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HE | COATESVILLE, PA | $39,594 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| COATESVILLE COMMUNITY CO-OP | COATESVILLE, PA | $39,166 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| GREAT VALLEY FOOD CUPBOARD | DEVON, PA | $37,926 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| GRACE CROSSING CHURCH | PHOENIXVILLE, PA | $37,761 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| PLOUGHSHARES | FRAZER, PA | $34,844 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| EPISCOPAL HOUSE AND ST PETER'S PLA | PHOENIXVILLE, PA | $32,891 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| GAUDENZIA | WEST CHESTER, PA | $29,891 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY RESOURCE PA | WEST CHESTER, PA | $29,258 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| HEAD START-COATESVILLE | COATESVILLE, PA | $28,888 | 2025 | CHARITBALE FOOD |
| PHOENIXVILLE SENIOR CENTER | PHOENIXVILLE, PA | $28,380 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| OXFORD AREA SENIOR CENTER | OXFORD, PA | $27,903 | 2025 | CHARITABLE FOOD |
| THE GARAGE YOUTH CENTER | KENNETH SQUARE, PA | $25,051 | 2025 | CHARITBALE FOOD |
WEST GROVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
$218,826CHARITABLE FOOD
SILO
$196,996CHARITABLE FOOD
CHURCH OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN FOOD C
$189,600CHARITABLE FOOD
THE BRIDGE FOOD PANTRY
$182,976CHARITABLE FOOD
OXFORD NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES
$178,774CHARITABLE FOOD
OCTORARA AREA FOOD CUPBOARD
$177,579CHARITABLE FOOD
TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH
$125,689CHARITABLE FOOD
KENNETT AREA SENIOR CENTER
$120,365CHARITABLE FOOD
OXFORD CHURCH OF GOD
$102,782CHARITABLE FOOD
COATESVILLE VETERAN AFFAIRS
$96,627CHARITABLE FOOD
GLENMOORE SALVATION ARMY FOOD PANTR
$93,930CHARITABLE FOOD
SPRING CITY FOOD PANTRY
$88,831CHARITABLE FOOD
BVAA COATESVILLE
$80,162CHARITABLE FOOD
PATHSTONE
$79,198CHARITABLE FOOD
COATESVILLE SALVATION ARMY
$67,917CHARITABLE FOOD
PEOPLE'S PANTRY AT CHURCH ROAD
$67,548CHARITABLE FOOD
COVENTRY FOOD PANTRY
$67,167CHARITABLE FOOD
ST ROCCO'S CENTER
$62,908CHARITABLE FOOD
ACT IN FAITH OF GREATER WEST CHESTE
$57,808CHARITABLE FOOD
EBENEZER FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST
$57,656CHARITABLE FOOD
BVAA DOWNTINGTOWN
$56,641CHARITABLE FOOD
SANDY HILL CHURCH
$53,711CHARITABLE FOOD
COATESVILLE TOWERS
$47,462CHARITABLE FOOD
BRIDGEWAY HOUSE
$45,424CHARITABLE FOOD
WEST CHESTER AREA SENIOR CENTER
$45,065CHARITABLE FOOD
ST NORBERT PARISH
$43,918CHARITABLE FOOD
ALIANZA'S LATINO OUTREACH
$40,732CHARITABLE FOOD
COATESVILLE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HE
$39,594CHARITABLE FOOD
COATESVILLE COMMUNITY CO-OP
$39,166CHARITABLE FOOD
GREAT VALLEY FOOD CUPBOARD
$37,926CHARITABLE FOOD
GRACE CROSSING CHURCH
$37,761CHARITABLE FOOD
PLOUGHSHARES
$34,844CHARITABLE FOOD
EPISCOPAL HOUSE AND ST PETER'S PLA
$32,891CHARITABLE FOOD
HEAD START-COATESVILLE
$28,888CHARITBALE FOOD
PHOENIXVILLE SENIOR CENTER
$28,380CHARITABLE FOOD
OXFORD AREA SENIOR CENTER
$27,903CHARITABLE FOOD
