About Sumner Community Food Bank
To provide nutritious food with dignity to our neighbors in need.
Focus Areas
Food securityEmergency food assistanceChild nutrition programsCommunity resource referral
Funding Style
program supportproject-restricted fundingactivity implementation fundingprogram delivery/capacity funding
Topics
unspecified programmatic activitiesservice delivery/program implementationprogrammatic operations (non-capital)
About Sumner Community Food Bank
Sumner Community Food Bank centers its giving on food security work in Washington, and its largest recent grants show a pattern of sustained program support for local food banks, churches, ministries, and pantries. In 2024, it awarded $608,643 to Tacoma Central Seventh-day Adventist Church in Tacoma for program support, followed by $580,733 in 2025 to Burien Food Bank in Burien and $499,915 in 2025 to Seventh Day Adventist Church in Tacoma. The foundation also backed Good Works Ministries in Tacoma with $495,245 in 2024 and Praisealujah Ministries in Seattle with $458,000 the same year. Smaller but still substantial grants went to organizations such as Puyallup Food Bank, Edgewood Food Bank, Shannon Pantry, and Emergency Food Network, indicating a grantmaking pattern built around operating support rather than one-off capital gifts. Its stated purpose is to provide nutritious food with dignity to neighbors in need, and the recent grant list reflects that mission through repeated support for organizations that distribute food and related assistance across local communities.
What Sumner Community Food Bank Funds
Food security is the clearest thread in the foundation’s recent grants. It gave $405,500 in 2023 and $396,088 in 2024 to Puyallup Food Bank for program support, plus another $296,879 in 2025. Emergency food assistance also appears prominently: Emergency Food Network received $293,073 in 2024, $241,842 in 2023, and $210,419 in 2025 for program support. The foundation’s child and family-oriented giving shows up through faith-based and community partners such as Motion Church, which received $189,842 in 2024 and $150,863 in 2025. Community pantry work is another recurring lane, with Shannon Pantry in Buckley receiving $298,080 in 2024, $225,077 in 2023, and $178,222 in 2025. Across these awards, the purpose language stays consistent: program support for direct service delivery.
How Sumner Community Food Bank Gives
Typical awards cluster in the five-figure range, with a p25 of $2,822, a median of $13,592, and a p75 of $53,138. The recent grant list also shows many much larger operating-support grants, including repeated awards to the same recipients across 2023, 2024, and 2025, which points to ongoing relationships rather than one-time gifts. The foundation is not a DAF and does not make program-related investments. Its funding is organized around program support, project-restricted funding, and activity implementation funding, with no individual giving.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3.7M
Total Assets
$2.7M
Total Revenue
$10M
Total Expenses
$9.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $3K and $53K, with a median of $14K.
25th Percentile
$3K
Median
$14K
75th Percentile
$53K
Geographic Reach
Local3 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
John Rader
Unlock Deep Analysis
Sign up for a free Kindora account to access AI-generated insights into this funder's giving patterns, decision-makers, and fit signals.
Get Started FreeSee Similar Funders
Free Kindora accounts unlock side-by-side comparisons with foundations that share this funder's focus areas and giving profile.
Get Started FreeExplore related grant guides
Want a Personalized Pitch for Sumner Community Food Bank?
Sign up free to see how well your nonprofit fits this funder, get an AI-generated pitch, and unlock similar foundations.
Free plan available
No contracts
Cancel anytime