About Martha's Kitchen
Martha's Kitchen provides nutritious meals with dignity to people in need by mobilizing volunteers and rescued food, ensuring no one is left behind.
Focus Areas
food securityhunger reliefmeal programsfood rescuesenior nutrition servicespartner capacity building
Who They Fund
food-insecure individualslow-income householdspersons experiencing homelessness
Funding Style
direct serviceemergency food reliefprogrammatic/operational support
About Martha's Kitchen
Martha's Kitchen centers its grantmaking on feeding people in need through a dense local network of food-distribution partners. The largest recent award in the file was $2,830,588 to Community Based Partner Distribution Agencies in various California cities, followed by $966,822 to My Fathers House-hollister Community Outreach in Hollister. Those awards fit a pattern of funding organizations that turn donated food and prepared meals into direct relief for food-insecure people, low-income households, and people experiencing homelessness. The foundation’s grants also reach senior-serving sites such as Redwood Seniors Apartments in San Jose, showing that its meal work extends to older adults as well as broader emergency food needs. Across the recent grants list, Martha's Kitchen repeatedly backs churches, shelters, and community outreach groups that operate as food access points. That includes Shoreline Church in Monterey, River of Life Christian Church in Santa Clara, and Mission Merced Incorporated in Merced. The foundation’s stated focus areas—food security, hunger relief, meal programs, food rescue, senior nutrition services, and partner capacity building—align closely with those recipients and with Martha's Kitchen’s own direct-service model of mobilizing volunteers and rescued food.
What Martha's Kitchen Funds
Food rescue is a defining theme. Martha's Kitchen gave $84,209 to Elijah Men's Home in San Jose and $66,507 to The Salvation Army - Gilroy Corps, both under the feed-the-hungry program structure that channels food into meals for people in need. Senior nutrition also appears in the grant list: Redwood Seniors Apartments in San Jose received $237,427, a signal that older-adult meal support is part of the foundation’s work. The foundation also funds local partner capacity for meal distribution. My Fathers House in Hollister received $438,349 in 2024, and the 2025 grant to the same location was $966,822 through My Fathers House-hollister Community Outreach. In South Bay and Central Coast communities, it supported Pitstop Outreach in Gilroy, The Victory Mission in Salinas, and Our Lady of Refuge Parish in San Jose, reflecting a network of faith-based and community-based food providers.
How Martha's Kitchen Gives
Martha's Kitchen’s typical grant size is modest relative to a few large awards: the 25th percentile is $11,294, the median is $20,030, and the 75th percentile is $63,592. The recent record shows a mix of smaller operating-scale grants and occasional six- and seven-figure awards tied to partner distribution agencies. Recipients appear in multiple years, such as My Fathers House in Hollister and Shoreline Church in Monterey, which suggests ongoing support rather than one-off gifts. The foundation is organized around direct service and operational support, and it accepts unsolicited donations through several active giving programs, including general donations, monthly giving, planned giving, food rescue, and sponsorships.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$5.4M
Total Assets
$11.3M
Total Revenue
$6.7M
Total Expenses
$6.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $11K and $64K, with a median of $20K.
25th Percentile
$11K
Median
$20K
75th Percentile
$64K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
BILL LEE
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