About Linn Benton Food Share
Linn Benton Food Share is the regional food hub serving Linn and Benton counties, distributing millions of pounds of food annually to a network of partner food pantries, meal sites, gleaning groups and supplemental agencies to address local food insecurity.
Focus Areas
Food securityEmergency food distributionHunger reliefCommunity partnershipsLogistics and food warehousing
Who They Fund
low-income householdsfood-insecure residents of Linn Countyfood-insecure residents of Benton Countyclients of partner food pantries and meal sites
Funding Style
direct servicecommunity-based distribution
About Linn Benton Food Share
Linn Benton Food Share’s recent grantmaking is organized around a local food distribution network that serves Linn, Benton, and Lincoln counties through partner food pantries, meal sites, gleaning groups, and supplemental agencies. The largest recent awards show how central that network is to the organization’s work: $555,430 to South Corvallis Food Pantry in 2024 and $422,350 to the same partner in 2023. The pattern points to a funder that uses grants to move food and related direct resources through established community distributors rather than through individual awards. The recent grant list also shows repeated support for multiple partner types, including gleaning groups and meal sites, with recipients in Corvallis, Albany, Sweet Home, Lebanon, Philomath, Brownsville, Scio, and Alsea. That mix reflects a county-level food hub model tied to emergency food distribution and hunger relief. Linn Benton Food Share’s own description identifies it as a regional food hub serving Linn and Benton counties and distributing millions of pounds of food annually, which matches the scale and structure visible in the grant record.
What Linn Benton Food Share Funds
Food security sits at the center of Linn Benton Food Share’s grantmaking. In 2024, it awarded $343,283 to Sweet Home Emergency Ministries (shem) for food, and in 2023 it gave $294,092 to the same organization for the same purpose. Its support also extends to gleaning organizations that gather and move local food into the distribution system. Philomath Gleaners received $345,022 in 2023 and $180,968 in 2024 for food, while Marys River Gleaners received $250,737 in 2023 and $128,726 in 2024. Meal sites and pantry-based distribution are another clear thread. Fish of Lebanon -first Presbyterian Church received $272,379 in 2024 and $151,991 in 2023 for food, and First Christian Meal Site in Albany received $160,983 in 2024 and $129,123 in 2023.
How Linn Benton Food Share Gives
Typical awards are sizable and clustered in a middle range: p25 is $27,445, the median is $76,560, and p75 is $131,068. The recent grants list also shows repeat support across years, with several organizations appearing in both 2023 and 2024, including South Corvallis Food Pantry, Sweet Home Emergency Ministries, Philomath Gleaners, and Fish of Lebanon -first Presbyterian Church. Linn Benton Food Share makes grants as a local funder, and its active grant programs are described as food distribution to nonprofit partners rather than open solicitation; both listed programs accept unsolicited requests: false.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$7.4M
Total Assets
$7M
Total Revenue
$9.6M
Total Expenses
$9.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $27K and $131K, with a median of $77K.
25th Percentile
$27K
Median
$77K
75th Percentile
$131K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
PEGGE MCGUIRE
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