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About Foodbank of Southern California
The Mission of the Foodbank is to provide healthy, nutritious food to the community’s hungry residents and to ensure that no individual goes hungry, not even for a single day.
Focus Areas
Hunger reliefFood distributionNutritionSenior food programsCommunity partnershipsFood recovery/rescue
Who They Fund
food-insecure individualslow-income familiesvulnerable communities
Funding Style
general operating supportunrestricted fundingdirect service funding
About Foodbank of Southern California
Foodbank of Southern California’s recent grantmaking is dominated by two very large support grants for “FEED THE HUNGRY,” including $62,616,699 in 2023 and $53,105,552 in 2024 to Various Charitable Organization Throughout Southern California. That pattern points to a funder centered on direct hunger relief and food distribution at substantial scale, with giving aimed at keeping food moving to residents across the region. Beyond those large awards, the foundation also makes smaller general operating grants to community organizations, such as $12,850 to Parents of Watts Working With Young and Adults in Los Angeles and $7,085 to Seek Hm1 Inc in Altadena. The mission statement aligns closely with the grant record: providing healthy, nutritious food to hungry residents and ensuring that no individual goes hungry, not even for a single day. The foundation’s focus areas include hunger relief, food distribution, nutrition, senior food programs, community partnerships, and food recovery/rescue, with beneficiary groups that include food-insecure individuals, low-income families, and vulnerable communities.
What Foodbank of Southern California Funds
Hunger relief is the clearest theme in the foundation’s grant history. It gave $62,616,699 in 2023 and $53,105,552 in 2024 to Various Charitable Organization Throughout Southern California for “FEED THE HUNGRY,” showing a sustained commitment to food access across the region. The funder also supports community-based organizations through general operating support, including $12,850 to Parents of Watts Working With Young and Adults in Los Angeles. Smaller awards suggest attention to local service capacity as well as direct food provision. Foodbank of Southern California’s stated focus areas also include nutrition, senior food programs, community partnerships, and food recovery/rescue, which places food distribution within a broader food-security framework. The recent grants list shows that even outside the largest awards, the foundation backs organizations working with low-income and vulnerable communities.
How Foodbank of Southern California Gives
The grant-size pattern is highly skewed: p25 is $11,409, median is $26,559,201, and p75 is $55,483,339. That spread reflects a mix of very large operational food-relief awards and smaller community grants. The foundation appears to give locally, with every listed recipient in California and all recent grants going to U.S. organizations. Its recent record includes repeated support across 2023 and 2024 for the same large feed-the-hungry purpose, alongside smaller general operating grants to local nonprofits. The foundation is not structured as an individual-giving vehicle and does not make program-related investments; the available record points to direct grant support tied to its foodbank mission.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$53.1M
Total Assets
$30.7M
Total Revenue
$14.3M
Total Expenses
$1.6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $11K and $55.5M, with a median of $26.6M.
25th Percentile
$11K
Median
$26.6M
75th Percentile
$55.5M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
BRIAN WEAVER
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