About Waste Not Want Not
To help feed our hungry neighbors by recovering excess nutritional food that might otherwise be thrown away, rescuing surplus food from donors and delivering high-quality, fresh food to Montgomery County shelters, community food pantries, and nonprofits at no cost.
Focus Areas
Food SecurityFood RescueFood Waste ReductionCommunity ServicesHunger Relief
Who They Fund
food-insecure individualslow-income householdsvulnerable populations experiencing hunger
Funding Style
direct service / program supportemergency food assistanceoperational support for food distribution
About Waste Not Want Not
Waste Not Want Not centers its giving on recovering edible surplus food and delivering it at no cost to Montgomery County shelters, food pantries, meal programs, and other charitable partners. That mission shows up in repeated large grants to local churches and food-relief groups that then move fresh food to people facing hunger. The foundation’s recent record is built around direct support for community distributors rather than broad, open-ended philanthropy. In 2025 and 2024, the foundation backed several high-volume local partners working on food insecurity, including Under Over Ministries, First Christian Church of Conroe, Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church, Gateway Church, and Impact Church. Other recurring recipients include Nourishment for the Needy, First Montgomery Baptist Church, and St Anthony s of Padua Catholic Church. The pattern suggests a grantmaker focused on practical food delivery through trusted neighborhood organizations. Its stated purpose also ties food rescue to food waste reduction: rescuing surplus food from donors and redistributing it to nonprofit partners in Montgomery County, Conroe, and The Woodlands. The result is a portfolio built around emergency food access, in-kind food support, and local service capacity.
What Waste Not Want Not Funds
A central theme in Waste Not Want Not’s giving is emergency food access. It gave $568,034 to Under Over Ministries in Conroe for alleviating food insecurity, and also supported First Christian Church Conroe with a $485,772 grant for the same purpose. Church-based food distribution is another visible strand. The foundation awarded $274,623 to Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church in Conroe to alleviate food insecurity, and $173,184 to Gateway Church in Spring for the same purpose. The foundation also funds organizations that appear to operate as food-relief hubs or delivery channels. It gave $164,170 to Abundant Harvest Food Truck in The Woodlands and $125,292 to Nourishment for the Needy in Conroe, both tied to alleviating food insecurity. Across these grants, the recurring purpose text points to direct food assistance rather than programmatic or advocacy work.
How Waste Not Want Not Gives
Typical grants cluster around a median of $29,224, with the 25th percentile at $13,485 and the 75th percentile at $78,927. The recent grants list shows repeated awards to the same local recipients across 2024 and 2025, including multiple grants to First Christian Church of Conroe, Under Over Ministries, Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church, First Montgomery Baptist Church, Nourishment for the Needy, Gateway Church, and Impact Church. That points to ongoing support for established partners rather than one-time awards. Waste Not Want Not does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. The available program descriptions also indicate no unsolicited application route.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$6.8M
Total Assets
$127K
Total Revenue
$2.2M
Total Expenses
$2.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $13K and $79K, with a median of $29K.
25th Percentile
$13K
Median
$29K
75th Percentile
$79K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
About 100% of grants go to recipients in TX.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
David S Blocker
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