What does Food for Neighbors fund most often?

Food for Neighbors funds school-based hunger relief. The recent grants are all labeled "Fight Hunger" and go to public school systems in Falls Church, Ashburn, and Arlington to support food-insecure middle and high school students in Northern Virginia.

What is the typical grant size?

Typical grants fall in a fairly tight range: the 25th percentile is $73,503, the median is $78,816, and the 75th percentile is $250,422. The recent awards include both mid-sized recurring school grants and a larger $623,587 grant.

Does the foundation give only in Virginia?

Yes. The recipient-country distribution shows 100% of grants in the US, and the state distribution shows 100% of grants to recipients in Virginia. The stated geography for its programs is Northern Virginia.

Can organizations submit unsolicited requests?

Yes for several active programs. The matching donor / pledge matching program, employee matching gifts support, volunteer grant programs, and financial sponsorships all list unsolicited acceptance as true.

What are the main program areas?

The listed focus areas are food security and hunger relief, youth services, school-based support, and volunteer engagement. Program descriptions add direct grocery assistance, school pantry support, and fundraising support through matching and sponsorships.

Food for Neighbors

Name: Food for Neighbors — grants, 990 financials & funding data
Creator: Kindora

ActiveFood, Agriculture & Nutrition

RESTON, VAWebsite5713758770

About Food for Neighbors

Mobilize volunteers and community partners to provide food and basic necessities to food-insecure middle and high school students in Northern Virginia.

Focus Areas

Food security / hunger reliefYouth servicesSchool-based supportVolunteer engagement

Who They Fund

food-insecure individualslow-income householdschildren and families in need

Funding Style

direct serviceemergency food assistanceadvocacy and public awareness

Topics

hunger relief

About Food for Neighbors

Food for Neighbors centers its grantmaking on fighting hunger for middle and high school students in Northern Virginia, with public school systems receiving the largest recent awards. A 2025 grant of $623,587 to Fairfax County Public Schools in Falls Church stands out as the biggest recent award on file, followed by $155,365 to Loudoun County Public Schools in Ashburn and $81,944 to Arlington Public Schools in Arlington. The pattern points to school-based food security work rather than broad charitable giving: recent grants are all tied to the same "Fight Hunger" purpose and are directed to local education partners that can distribute food and related support to students in need. The foundation’s public programs reinforce that model. Its Red Bag Program moves donated food and toiletry items through scheduled school-year collection events into partner middle and high school pantries in Arlington, Fairfax, and Loudoun counties. It also extends support through grocery store gift cards and matching-gift or sponsorship programs tied to fundraising for Northern Virginia school food insecurity. With annual grants of $2,011,254 and total assets of $681,533, the organization operates at a local scale but with a concentrated recurring commitment to student food access.

What Food for Neighbors Funds

Food security is the clearest throughline in Food for Neighbors’ giving. The largest recent grant, $623,587 to Fairfax County Public Schools, was designated for Fight Hunger, matching the foundation’s school-based mission and its focus on food-insecure middle and high school students. Northern Virginia school systems are also the main delivery partners. In 2025, Food for Neighbors gave $155,365 to Loudoun County Public Schools and $81,944 to Arlington Public Schools, both for Fight Hunger. The active program descriptions show how this work is structured in practice: the Red Bag Program supplies partner middle and high school pantries, and the Grocery Store Gift Card Program extends direct grocery assistance to eligible partner schools after six months of a successful partnership and an active distribution system. The foundation also supports the fundraising side of its model through matching donations, employee matching gifts, volunteer grant programs, and annual sponsorships.

How Food for Neighbors Gives

Financial Snapshot

Annual Giving

$913K

Total Assets

$870K

Total Revenue

$1.6M

Total Expenses

$1.4M

Typical Grant Size

Most grants fall between $74K and $250K, with a median of $79K.

25th Percentile

$74K

Median

$79K

75th Percentile

$250K

Geographic Reach

Local1 state funded

Funding intensity

Low

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Headquarters

Leadership

MARK JOSEPH

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Recipient	Location	Amount	Year	Purpose
FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	FALLS CHURCH, VA	$668,364	2026	FIGHT HUNGER
LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	ASHBURN, VA	$149,929	2026	FIGHT HUNGER
ARLINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS	ARLINGTON, VA	$94,542	2026	FIGHT HUNGER
FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	FALLS CHURCH, VA	$623,587	2025	FIGHT HUNGER
LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	ASHBURN, VA	$155,365	2025	FIGHT HUNGER
ARLINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS	ARLINGTON, VA	$81,944	2025	FIGHT HUNGER
FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	FALLS CHURCH, VA	$250,818	2024	FIGHT HUNGER
FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	FALLS CHURCH, VA	$250,818	2024	FIGHT HUNGER
LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	ASHBURN, VA	$75,687	2024	FIGHT HUNGER
LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	ASHBURN, VA	$75,687	2024	FIGHT HUNGER
ARLINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS	ARLINGTON, VA	$73,503	2024	FIGHT HUNGER
ARLINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS	ARLINGTON, VA	$73,503	2024	FIGHT HUNGER
FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	FALLS CHURCH, VA	$250,290	2023	FIGHT HUNGER
LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	ASHBURN, VA	$65,175	2023	FIGHT HUNGER
ARLINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS	ARLINGTON, VA	$34,877	2023	FIGHT HUNGER

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Does the foundation give only in Virginia?

Can organizations submit unsolicited requests?

What are the main program areas?

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Red Bag Program

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