About Feeding America
Feeding America is a nationwide network of food banks, food pantries and local meal programs that unites communities to end hunger by sourcing and distributing nutritious food, providing nutrition and health programs, conducting research, and advocating for policy solutions.
Focus Areas
hunger relieffood securitynutrition educationdisaster relieffood rescuepartner & corporate engagementresearch and policy advocacysupport for local food banks
Who They Fund
individuals experiencing food insecuritylow-income householdsfood-insecure communities
Funding Style
direct service
About Feeding America
Feeding America’s recent grantmaking is built around large, repeated support for network food banks and local anti-hunger organizations, with the biggest awards appearing in the Fight Hunger partnership stream. Atlanta Community Food Bank received $133,204,372 in 2024 and again in 2025, while Second Harvest Heartland in Saint Paul received $128,964,834 in 2025. Those awards show a funder that works through a nationwide network rather than a single-service model: food banks, pantries, and local meal programs receive resources for food distribution, nutrition access, capacity building, and emergency response. The foundation also uses partner-administered funding and campaign-linked grants to move dollars into member organizations across the country. Recent awards include $117,595,885 to Second Harvest Heartland in 2024 and 2025, $105,300,410 to North Texas Food Bank in 2025 and 2024, and $103,325,857 to Feeding Tampa Bay in 2024 and 2025. That pattern points to multi-year support for the same grantees, often at very large scale, through a national food security platform centered on member food banks and local partners.
What Feeding America Funds
Hunger relief is the clearest throughline in the recent grants. Feeding America gave $91,878,116 to Northern Illinois Food Bank in Geneva for the Fight Hunger partnership, and $84,747,677 to City Harvest in New York for the same program. Those awards sit within a broader network approach that supports food banks and meal programs serving food-insecure communities. Disaster response is another defined area. The Disaster Relief Fund and Disaster Response & Relief Funding support emergency food, water, essential supplies, and recovery for impacted food banks before, during, and after disasters. The organization also backs equity-focused food access work through the Food Security Equity Impact Fund, which supports local food banks and partners serving priority populations and building equitable food access. Partner-administered funds add a fourth channel, moving grant dollars through foundation and corporate partnerships into network organizations for food access, nutrition, and community-centered solutions.
How Feeding America Gives
Feeding America’s typical grant sizes are large: the 25th percentile is $4,171,390, the median is $11,174,571, and the 75th percentile is $26,023,930. The recent grants list also shows repeated awards to the same organizations across multiple years, including annual or multi-year patterns for several food banks. That indicates a relationship-based model rather than one-off giving. The funder is a regular funder, not a DAF, and does not make program-related investments. Unsolicited applications are accepted in some active programs, including the Equity Impact Fund and Disaster Relief Fund, while partner-administered and corporate campaign streams are not open to unsolicited requests.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$18.2B
Total Assets
$573.7M
Total Revenue
$5B
Total Expenses
$5.1B
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $4.2M and $26M, with a median of $11.2M.
25th Percentile
$4.2M
Median
$11.2M
75th Percentile
$26M
Geographic Reach
National51 states funded
About 2% of grants go to recipients in NY.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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