About City Harvest
City Harvest is New York City's largest food rescue organization, providing free, nutritious food to New Yorkers experiencing food insecurity.
Focus Areas
Hunger reliefFood securityFood waste diversionNutrition educationCommunity food access
Who They Fund
food banks and food pantries operating retail-style programsretail partners / grocery store partners involved in food recoveryfrontline retail operations staff and program coordinatorspeople and communities experiencing food insecurity served by retail programs
Funding Style
capacity buildingrapid-response / emergency funding
About City Harvest
City Harvest Inc centers its grantmaking on New York City food access, using partner-agency support to help food pantries, soup kitchens, and community food programs serve more New Yorkers. The recent grants show a mix of operating support, capacity-building help, retail operations funding, and rapid-response support tied to retail-style food distribution. In 2024, Community Health Action of Staten Island Inc received $80,000 under a Feeding America Retail Grant, one of the largest awards in the recent list, while The Skyline Charitable Foundation Inc received $78,961 for the same grant type. Several other awards also support local food recovery and distribution organizations, including The Campaign Against Hunger Inc in Brooklyn and Project Hospitality Inc in Staten Island. City Harvest Inc’s work is closely tied to hunger relief, food security, food waste diversion, nutrition education, and community food access, with grants delivered through a network approach rather than individual funding.
What City Harvest Funds
A clear theme is support for retail-style food operations. City Harvest Inc gave $25,900 to Metro International Church Inc for a retail operations and technology grant, and $25,000 to The River Fund New York Inc for a retail operations grant. Another major strand is capacity strengthening for partner organizations: Open Door Family Life Center Inc received $33,150 in 2023 for capacity building, while South Asia Council for Social Services received $24,737 for the same purpose. They also fund rapid-response and resilience needs. Vets Inc received $19,068 in 2024 for a rapid response fund and capacity building, and Zichron Acheinu Levy Inc received $16,581 for rapid response fund and capacity building. Across these grants, the emphasis is on helping local feeding programs operate, adapt, and expand service.
How City Harvest Gives
City Harvest Inc’s recent grants are modest to mid-sized, with a typical award of $7,560 at the 25th percentile, $11,651 at the median, and $21,899 at the 75th percentile. The 2024 list shows some larger network awards, but many grants cluster around operational and capacity-building support rather than very large program bets. The recipient roster includes repeat grantees across years and within 2024: Redemption Church appears in both years, and several organizations received multiple grants for related operational purposes. City Harvest Inc is an operating nonprofit, not a family foundation or DAF, and it also reports that it does not make program-related investments. Its Partner Agency Grants & Agency Resources program accepts unsolicited requests.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$603K
Total Assets
$228.9M
Total Revenue
$215.7M
Total Expenses
$223.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $8K and $22K, with a median of $12K.
25th Percentile
$8K
Median
$12K
75th Percentile
$22K
Geographic Reach
Local2 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
JILLY STEPHENS
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