To eliminate hunger by building a community food system that ensures access to healthy food, provides education and job opportunities, recovers and distributes nutritious food, and empowers people with the skills to achieve food self-sufficiency. Core belief: hunger is unacceptable.
Inter-faith Food Shuttle’s grantmaking is built around a community food system, not a single service line. The foundation’s stated aim is to eliminate hunger by recovering and distributing nutritious food, building food access, and supporting education and job opportunities that help people move toward food self-sufficiency. In the recent grant list, its largest award went to Raleigh Dream Center for $2,102,784 in program support, while Catholic Parish Outreach received $1,665,119 for program support. Those grants sit alongside many other awards to food pantries, churches, community ministries, and school-linked partners across North Carolina. The pattern suggests a funder using program support to keep local anti-hunger organizations supplied with operating resources tied to food access. Its work also extends beyond distribution into nutrition education, culinary job training, community gardening, and school food programs. The active program descriptions reinforce that mix: Inter-faith Food Shuttle recovers food, distributes it through agency partners and mobile markets, and also runs garden-box and farm-based food production initiatives. The result is a grantmaker centered on food rescue, direct food access, and practical pathways to food security.
Hunger relief is the clearest throughline in the recent grants. Inter-faith Food Shuttle gave $1,075,902 to Durham Community Food Pantry for program support and $955,403 to Emanuel Food Pantry for program support, both of which fit its emphasis on no-cost food distribution. The foundation also backs faith-based and community ministries that operate food access programs. It awarded $1,665,119 to Catholic Parish Outreach and $578,475 to Lincoln Park Holiness Church, each for program support. These grants show a preference for local partners already embedded in neighborhood food relief. School-connected work appears as well: Wake County Public School System received $469,819 for program support. Alongside that, the foundation’s active programs include raised-bed garden boxes and support from seed to harvest, connecting food access with hands-on growing and education.
Grant sizes range widely, with a p25 of $21,233, a median of $53,568, and a p75 of $244,688. The recent list shows a few very large operating-style awards alongside many smaller program-support grants, which points to a layered funding approach. This is a public charity, and the available data shows program support as the dominant grant use. Recipients appear repeatedly across the organization’s food-distribution network rather than as one-off national awards, and the 2024 grants are concentrated in North Carolina. The active programs also show that it accepts unsolicited requests for some initiatives, including Agency Partner Food Distribution and Gardens for Everyone.
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$29.9M
Most grants fall between $21K and $245K, with a median of $54K.
25th Percentile
$21K
Median
$54K
75th Percentile
$245K
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All recorded grants in the recipient distribution go to U.S. organizations, and the recent grant list is entirely in North Carolina. Raleigh and Durham appear most often, with additional grants in Cary, Wake Forest, Apex, Knightdale, Zebulon, Clayton, Carrboro, Siler City, Rocky Mount, Tarboro, and Whitakers. The geography matches the foundation’s local scope and its seven-county service area. Wake County and Durham County show up repeatedly, with Johnston County also included in active food-distribution programming.
The recent grants go to local food pantries, churches, community ministries, a school system, and rescue or recovery organizations. Examples include Durham Community Food Pantry, Catholic Parish Outreach, Wake County Public School System, and Urban Ministries of Wake County, all funded for program support.
The grant-size distribution is broad: p25 is $21,233, the median is $53,568, and p75 is $244,688. Recent awards include several six- and seven-figure grants, but many grants sit below the $100,000 level.
Its stated focus areas include hunger relief, food recovery and redistribution, nutrition education, culinary job training and workforce development, community gardening and farming, and school food programs. The active programs also connect food distribution with farm production and raised-bed garden boxes.
Yes. The geographic scope of giving is local, and 100% of grants in the recipient country distribution went to U.S. organizations. The recent grant list is entirely North Carolina-based.
Yes. Agency Partner Food Distribution accepts unsolicited requests, and Gardens for Everyone — Raised-Bed Garden Boxes also accepts unsolicited requests. Food Shuttle Farm — Produce Supply is listed as not accepting unsolicited requests.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Current and upcoming funding from Inter-Faith Food Shuttle that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Open to conference participants; application announced as open through September 1, 2026.
Deadline: Applications open through September 1.
Who can apply: Must be an independent agency/organization operating within Inter-Faith Food Shuttle’s seven-county service area and coordinate distribution to community members; individual agency eligibility, hours, and requirements vary by site.
Who can apply: For individuals and organizations interested in becoming a home gardener or growing food for a community. Applicants who rent or are building on rented property must submit a landlord permission letter. Site must have enough sunlight, water, and space for a box.
Deadline: Garden box builds are scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis year-round.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CATHOLIC PARISH OUTREACH | RALEIGH, NC | $1,886,122 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| RALEIGH DREAM CENTER | RALEIGH, NC | $1,733,834 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| DURHAM COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY | DURHAM, NC | $1,094,915 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| IGLESIA EPISCOPAL EL BUEN PASTOR | DURHAM, NC | $940,283 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| INTER-FAITH COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL SERVICE | CARRBORO, NC | $691,491 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| GREATER WALTOWN UNITED HOLY CHURCH | DURHAM, NC | $684,398 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| LINCOLN PARK HOLINESS CHURCH | RALEIGH, NC | $669,779 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| EMANUEL FOOD PANTRY | DURHAM, NC | $659,004 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| TARBORO COMMUNITY OUTREACH | TARBORO, NC | $621,879 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| TROSA | DURHAM, NC | $569,067 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| DURHAM RESCUE MISSION | DURHAM, NC | $536,995 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| HEALING TRANSITIONS | RALEIGH, NC | $502,706 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH FOOD PANTRY | RALEIGH, NC | $402,212 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH | DURHAM, NC | $334,543 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| IGLESIA LA SEMILLA - DURHAM | DURHAM, NC | $293,433 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| WESTERN WAKE CRISIS MINISTRY | APEX, NC | $276,814 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| RICHLAND CREEK COMMUNITY CHURCH FOOD PANTRY | WAKE FOREST, NC | $274,795 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| CLAYTON VINEYARD CHURCH | CLAYTON, NC | $271,315 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| WAKE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM | CARY, NC | $267,400 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| HILL FAMILY FARM | WHITAKERS, NC | $251,278 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| COMMUNITY OF HOPE MINISTRIES | GARNER, NC | $244,520 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| SALVATION ARMY - CAPITAL BLVD | RALEIGH, NC | $242,691 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| RICH IN GRACE MINISTRIES | DURHAM, NC | $235,863 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| TRI-AREA MINISTRY FOOD PANTRY | WAKE FOREST, NC | $235,790 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| MANNA FOODBANK | — | $203,128 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| MARTIN STREET BAPTIST CHURCH | RALEIGH, NC | $200,449 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| OPERATION NAHYELLE INC | FUQUAYVARINA, NC | $193,866 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| CROSS POINT COMMUNITY CHURCH | KNIGHTDALE, NC | $187,963 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| UNIVERSAL OUTREACH | WAKE FOREST, NC | $180,442 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| DORCAS MINISTRIES | CARY, NC | $159,022 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| IGLESIA LA SEMILLA - ROCHELLE ST DURHAM | DURHAM, NC | $158,160 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| CONETOE FAMILY LIFE CENTER | CONETOE, NC | $154,172 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| IGLESIA LA SEMILLA - CARY | CARY, NC | $151,566 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| BREAD FOR LIFE OF AMERICA - WAKE | ZEBULON, NC | $148,333 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| IGLESIA EL CAMINO UMC | SILER CITY, NC | $142,729 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| NORTH RALEIGH MINISTRIES | RALEIGH, NC | $114,469 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| IGLESIA LA SEMILLA - SOUTH SAUNDERS ST RALEIGH | RALEIGH, NC | $99,743 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| MEALS ON WHEELS-ORANGE COUNTY | — | $96,022 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| WEST CHATHAM FOOD PANTRY | SILER CITY, NC | $92,589 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| WAKE FOREST BAPTIST CHURCH | WAKE FOREST, NC | $91,678 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| JOHNSTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS | SMITHFIELD, NC | $91,466 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| URBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE COUNTY | RALEIGH, NC | $89,777 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| RISE AND SHINE MINISTRIES | DURHAM, NC | $84,318 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| CHATHAM COUNTY SCHOOLS | PITTSBORO, NC | $72,420 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| ALLIANCE OF AIDS SERVICES - CAROLINA | RALEIGH, NC | $69,123 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION | RALEIGH, NC | $66,623 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| FATHERS FOREVER | RALEIGH, NC | $65,394 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS | DURHAM, NC | $64,453 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| LOVE CHATHAM | SILER CITY, NC | $61,028 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| MIDPOINT CHURCH | — | $56,670 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
CATHOLIC PARISH OUTREACH
$1,886,122PROGRAM SUPPORT
DURHAM COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY
$1,094,915PROGRAM SUPPORT
IGLESIA EPISCOPAL EL BUEN PASTOR
$940,283PROGRAM SUPPORT
GREATER WALTOWN UNITED HOLY CHURCH
$684,398PROGRAM SUPPORT
LINCOLN PARK HOLINESS CHURCH
$669,779PROGRAM SUPPORT
EMANUEL FOOD PANTRY
$659,004PROGRAM SUPPORT
TROSA
$569,067PROGRAM SUPPORT
HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH FOOD PANTRY
$402,212PROGRAM SUPPORT
PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH
$334,543PROGRAM SUPPORT
IGLESIA LA SEMILLA - DURHAM
$293,433PROGRAM SUPPORT
RICHLAND CREEK COMMUNITY CHURCH FOOD PANTRY
$274,795PROGRAM SUPPORT
CLAYTON VINEYARD CHURCH
$271,315PROGRAM SUPPORT
WAKE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
$267,400PROGRAM SUPPORT
HILL FAMILY FARM
$251,278PROGRAM SUPPORT
SALVATION ARMY - CAPITAL BLVD
$242,691PROGRAM SUPPORT
RICH IN GRACE MINISTRIES
$235,863PROGRAM SUPPORT
MANNA FOODBANK
$203,128PROGRAM SUPPORT
MARTIN STREET BAPTIST CHURCH
$200,449PROGRAM SUPPORT
OPERATION NAHYELLE INC
$193,866PROGRAM SUPPORT
CROSS POINT COMMUNITY CHURCH
$187,963PROGRAM SUPPORT
UNIVERSAL OUTREACH
$180,442PROGRAM SUPPORT
DORCAS MINISTRIES
$159,022PROGRAM SUPPORT
IGLESIA LA SEMILLA - ROCHELLE ST DURHAM
$158,160PROGRAM SUPPORT
IGLESIA LA SEMILLA - CARY
$151,566PROGRAM SUPPORT
BREAD FOR LIFE OF AMERICA - WAKE
$148,333PROGRAM SUPPORT
IGLESIA EL CAMINO UMC
$142,729PROGRAM SUPPORT
IGLESIA LA SEMILLA - SOUTH SAUNDERS ST RALEIGH
$99,743PROGRAM SUPPORT
MEALS ON WHEELS-ORANGE COUNTY
$96,022PROGRAM SUPPORT
WEST CHATHAM FOOD PANTRY
$92,589PROGRAM SUPPORT
WAKE FOREST BAPTIST CHURCH
$91,678PROGRAM SUPPORT
JOHNSTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
$91,466PROGRAM SUPPORT
RISE AND SHINE MINISTRIES
$84,318PROGRAM SUPPORT
CHATHAM COUNTY SCHOOLS
$72,420PROGRAM SUPPORT
ALLIANCE OF AIDS SERVICES - CAROLINA
$69,123PROGRAM SUPPORT
FATHERS FOREVER
$65,394PROGRAM SUPPORT
DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS
$64,453PROGRAM SUPPORT
LOVE CHATHAM
$61,028PROGRAM SUPPORT
MIDPOINT CHURCH
$56,670PROGRAM SUPPORT