Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank

About Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank

Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank’s grantmaking is built around one clear operating model: it supplies food and other basic needs to nonprofit partners across San Diego County, with every listed recent grant in California and most recent awards at a standard $6,000 mission-support level. The pattern points to a local funder that uses grants as part of a broader food-distribution system rather than as a separate philanthropic program. Its recent grantees show that approach in practice. Hearts & Hands Working Together in San Ysidro received mission support, and Miracle Babies in San Diego also received a $6,000 grant. The same grant type appears across community-based organizations, churches, and service centers, including San Diego LGBT Community Center and Tricity Pantry. That mix fits the Food Bank’s stated goal of ending hunger in San Diego County by pairing direct food assistance with partnerships and system-level advocacy. The foundation’s program structure reinforces that role. It operates food-to-nonprofits, school-based food support, fresh food recovery, and nonfood essentials such as diaper and period supply distribution. These programs show a focus on feeding people through partner agencies, schools, and community organizations rather than through individual grants to households.

What Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank Funds

A central theme in the foundation’s giving is food access through partner agencies. The Food to Nonprofits Program provides food to qualified nonprofit partner agencies, and the Nonprofit Partner Program extends that model with food, diapers, and other direct in-kind resources across San Diego County. Child hunger is another recurring focus. Under Food 4 Kids, schools can apply to receive backpacks and food for chronically hungry students during the school year, linking the grantmaker’s resources to school-based distribution. The foundation also supports broader basic-needs work. Its Diaper Bank Program supplies diapers through its programs and partner network, while the Period Supply Program provides menstrual products to nonprofit partners for distribution to clients in need. Fresh Rescue adds rescued produce and perishable food to partner agencies’ meal and distribution efforts, connecting hunger relief with nutrition access and food waste reduction.

How Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank Gives