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.
