About Hunger Task Force
Hunger Task Force is Milwaukee’s Free & Local food bank. We provide healthy, culturally appropriate food to hungry children, families and seniors free of charge, while working to end future hunger through advocacy, education and community organizing.
Focus Areas
Hunger reliefFood bank operationsNutrition educationCommunity food access (Mobile Market)Local agriculture (Hunger Task Force Farm)Senior services (Stockbox program)Child nutrition (Summer meals, Farm-to-School)Advocacy and policy
Who They Fund
people experiencing food insecuritylow-income householdsindividuals at risk of malnutritioncommunity members in need
About Hunger Task Force
Hunger Task Force Inc’s recent grantmaking is dominated by large operational donations to Milwaukee-area food pantries, meal programs, shelters, and food access partners. The biggest grant in the file is a 2025 donation of $577,828 to Doordash - Stockbox in West Milwaukee, followed by $469,243 to Nourish Mke and $458,652 to Northcott Neighborhood House in Milwaukee. Those awards fit the organization’s stated role as Milwaukee’s free and local food bank: it supplies healthy, culturally appropriate food to children, families, and seniors while also supporting partner agencies that distribute food directly in the community. The grant list shows a pattern of repeat support for the same local intermediaries over multiple years, especially organizations that move food into neighborhoods and help run emergency distribution, pantry, and meal services. Several of the largest awards go to partners serving Milwaukee residents, while other grants support nearby Wisconsin recipients such as St Joseph Food Pantry in Menasha, Food Pantry of Waukesha Count in Waukesha, and Project Concern of Cudahy. The overall picture is of a funder that operates through in-kind food support and local delivery channels rather than broad, multi-state philanthropy.
What Hunger Task Force Funds
Emergency food distribution is central to the foundation’s giving. In 2024, it gave $410,306 to Friedens Community Ministries in Milwaukee for donation support, and in 2025 it gave $287,399 to Salvation Army - 60th Street in Milwaukee for the same purpose. Those grants align with its active food bank network support program, which supplies free food to pantries, meal programs, and homeless shelters. Community food access is another clear theme. Hunger Task Force Inc awarded $241,368 in 2025 to St Joseph Food Pantry in Menasha, extending support beyond Milwaukee city limits within Wisconsin. The file also includes $201,268 to Project Concern of Cudahy in 2025. Several grants point to culturally specific and neighborhood-based food access. The foundation gave $326,810 in 2025 to Hmongamerican Friendship Assoc in Milwaukee and $384,067 in 2025 to Jewish Community Pantry in Milwaukee, showing support for partners that serve defined local communities.
How Hunger Task Force Gives
Typical awards are in the low tens of thousands, with a p25 of $11,686, median grant size of $22,536, and p75 of $52,232. The recent-grants file also shows repeated awards to the same recipients across 2023, 2024, and 2025, indicating ongoing support rather than one-time gifts. The foundation is not a donor-advised fund and does not make program-related investments. Its grants appear to be direct operational donations tied to food distribution and local service delivery, and the available grant record shows no recipient outside Wisconsin.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$11.5M
Total Assets
$45.2M
Total Revenue
$28.2M
Total Expenses
$25M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $12K and $52K, with a median of $23K.
25th Percentile
$12K
Median
$23K
75th Percentile
$52K
Geographic Reach
Local2 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
PATRICK BYRNE
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