About Second Harvest Food Bank of Nw Pa
The mission of the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania is to provide food to those in need within eleven counties of northwest Pennsylvania while creating awareness and educating the community on the realities of hunger.
Focus Areas
Hunger reliefFood banking and distributionChild nutrition programsSenior nutrition (CSFP)Mobile produce distributionsSNAP outreach and enrollment assistanceFood rescue and sourcing
Who They Fund
food-insecure individuals and householdslow-income communities in Northwest Pennsylvanialocal feeding partner organizations (pantries, soup kitchens, shelters)
Funding Style
About Second Harvest Food Bank of Nw Pa
Second Harvest Food Bank of Nw PA Inc distributes food through a network that expanded from 124 member agencies in 2023 to 141 feeding partners in 2025. Its grant activity is built around food access for Northwest Pennsylvania, with support flowing to pantries, shelters, churches, and school-based programs that serve food-insecure households across the region. A 2025 grant to St Martin Center - Fp in Erie shows the scale of that network-based approach, while Emmaus-fp in Erie and Brookville-fp in Brookville appear among the other larger partner awards in the recent record. The organization’s work also includes government and commodity food channels, with programs tied to emergency food distribution, school pantries, and senior food support. Recent grants are not framed as isolated awards so much as part of a distribution system: food and grocery products are supplied to local nonprofits so they can serve clients directly. The foundation’s local scope and 11-county service area shape a model centered on logistics, inventory, and partner coordination rather than traditional external philanthropy.
What Second Harvest Food Bank of Nw Pa Funds
Hunger relief is the core of the funder’s recent activity. A 2025 grant to Salvation Army Social Services - Fp in Erie supported food distribution through the partner network, and a 2025 award to City Mission Shelter -sk in Erie did the same for a shelter setting. The food bank also backs school-linked access points: School Pantry - Beatty Warren Middle School in Warren received $255,000 in 2025 for a school pantry program. Senior food support appears through its Commodity Supplemental Food Program structure, which aligns with the organization’s listed Senior Box Program. In addition, the recent record includes targeted distribution partners such as Christian Food Bank - Fp in St Marys and Living Bread Ministries - Fp in Clearfield, both serving local anti-hunger needs through the network model.
How Second Harvest Food Bank of Nw Pa Gives
Typical grant size falls at $25,504 at the 25th percentile, $60,174 at the median, and $127,532 at the 75th percentile. The recent record shows repeated support to the same partners over multiple years, including Home House of Erie - Fp, Brookville-fp, St Martin Center - Fp, Edinboro Emergency -fp, New Life Center - Fp, and City Mission Shelter -sk. That pattern suggests ongoing operating-style support to member agencies rather than one-off project grants. The organization is a food bank with a local service footprint, and its active programs include member agency supply, TEFAP distribution, and agency purchasing channels. One of those programs, Member Agency Food Supply / Partner Agency Program, accepts unsolicited requests.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$21.4M
Total Assets
$15.4M
Total Revenue
$22.9M
Total Expenses
$21.9M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $26K and $128K, with a median of $60K.
25th Percentile
$26K
Median
$60K
75th Percentile
$128K
Geographic Reach
Local8 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
KAREN SEGGI
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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