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About St Mary's Food Bank Alliance
Bridging the gap for Arizona communities with nourishment for today and hope for tomorrow
Focus Areas
Food securityHunger reliefCommunity services
Who They Fund
food-insecure individuals and familieslow-income communities / neighborhoodscommunity residents relying on local food assistance
Funding Style
general operating supportcapital financing via New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC)programmatic/operational financial supportemergency/relief funding for basic needs
Topics
About St Mary's Food Bank Alliance
A $24.7 million New Markets Tax Credit support grant anchors St Mary's Food Bank Alliance's recent giving, showing that the funder uses more than straightforward food-assistance awards. The largest grant in the recent record went to Smfb Nmtc Support Corp in Phoenix, paired with a pattern of sizeable support for Arizona food access organizations. The foundation's recent awards also include a $9.5 million grant to Flagstaff Family Food Center and a $7.9 million grant to Hope for Hunger, both for community food assistance. Across the top grants, the same local food banks and pantry partners appear again and again, indicating sustained support for emergency food distribution and ongoing community food assistance rather than isolated project funding. The legal name, St Mary's Food Bank Alliance, matches a grantmaker centered on food security, hunger relief, and community services, with grantmaking that reaches across Arizona communities and concentrates heavily on local recipients. Its recent portfolio shows support for organizations serving food-insecure individuals and families, low-income neighborhoods, and residents relying on local food assistance.
What St Mary's Food Bank Alliance Funds
Community food assistance is the clearest throughline in the recent grants. St Mary's Food Bank Alliance gave $7.7 million in 2024 to Hope for Hunger (prm) (pa) in Glendale for community food assistance, and $4.1 million in 2025 to Desert Mission Inc in Phoenix for the same purpose. Food banks serving smaller communities also appear repeatedly, including $3.7 million to Bullhead Regional Food Bank in Bullhead City and $2.7 million to All Faith Community Services in Buckeye. The foundation also backs larger network partners such as United Food Bank in Mesa with $2.6 million in 2025. That pattern fits a grantmaker focused on food security and hunger relief through local delivery systems, pantries, and emergency food distribution.
How St Mary's Food Bank Alliance Gives
Typical grants fall in a wide band, with a p25 of $36,737, a median of $100,716, and a p75 of $235,345. The recent record also includes several much larger awards, reflecting a mix of routine operational support and capital-oriented financing such as NMTC support. Recipients recur across years: Hope for Hunger, Flagstaff Family Food Center, Nourishphx, Maricopa Pantry Inc, Desert Mission Inc, and Kingman Area Food Bank all appear multiple times in the recent grants list from 2023 to 2025. The funder is a regular funder, not a DAF, and it does not fund individuals.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$145.3M
Total Assets
$81.8M
Total Revenue
$260.1M
Total Expenses
$255.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $37K and $235K, with a median of $101K.
25th Percentile
$37K
Median
$101K
75th Percentile
$235K
Geographic Reach
Local14 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
MILTON LIU
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