Society of St Andrew

About Society of St Andrew

The Society of St. Andrew Inc. centers its giving on nourishment for hungry neighbors, with recent awards that reach hundreds of agencies at once as well as smaller local food ministries. One 2025 grant went to 1,612 additional agencies throughout the United States, and another 2024 award supported 1,669 additional agencies nationwide. That scale fits a funder whose work is tied to gleaned produce, food rescue, and direct food distribution rather than one-off project grants. The pattern also shows a strong reliance on food banks and community-based hunger relief partners. Food Bank of Central and Eastern NC appears repeatedly in the recent grants list, including awards in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Bland Ministries in Bland, Virginia, also receives multiple grants across different years. Other recipients include regional food access groups such as Farm Share in Jacksonville, Florida, Breathitt Hunger Alliance in Jackson, Kentucky, and Hazel Green Food Project in Hazel Green, Kentucky. The foundation’s active programs point to how this giving works in practice: rescued produce is collected from farms, markets, and packing houses, then redistributed at no cost to eligible feeding organizations. Seed distribution, volunteer mobilization, and faith-based community engagement sit alongside that core hunger-relief model.

What Society of St Andrew Funds

A central theme is emergency food access through produce rescue. In 2025, The Society of St. Andrew Inc. gave $939,819 to Bland Ministry Center in Bland, Virginia, and $835,798 to Breathitt Hunger Alliance in Jackson, Kentucky, both for providing nourishment to hungry neighbors. Community food distribution is another recurring lane. The foundation awarded $456,003 to Farm Share in Jacksonville, Florida, and $428,581 to Farmshare in Homestead, Florida, again tied to nourishment for hungry neighbors. Its recent grants also support local food ministries and food banks that move fresh food quickly to households and neighborhood agencies. Examples include $347,469 to His Compassion Food Bank in Ocala, Florida, and $338,850 to Tullahoma Family Food Ministry in Tullahoma, Tennessee. These awards align with the organization’s gleaning and produce redistribution programs. The funding also touches community-based food production through its seed work, which supplies seeds to gardens and growers that share harvests locally.

How Society of St Andrew Gives