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Harvesters - the Community Food Network
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About Harvesters - the Community Food Network
Harvesters mobilizes the power of our community to create equitable access to nutritious food and address the root causes and impact of hunger.
Focus Areas
Food securityNutritionEmergency food distributionCommunity engagementAdvocacyHealthEconomic mobility
Who They Fund
individuals (direct recipients of assistance)service agencies (recipients of equipment/capacity)disaster-affected populations
Funding Style
direct service supportin-kind/equipment funding
About Harvesters - the Community Food Network
A defining feature of Harvesters - the Community Food Network is the scale of its direct assistance: two recent grants alone total more than $230 million for assistance to individuals through a network of 690 to 700 agencies. That pattern places individual food support at the center of the organization’s grantmaking, rather than smaller project-only awards. The foundation’s work also includes practical support for the agencies that distribute food, with grants for cooler purchases, installation, disaster assistance, and service-insights tools. Recent examples show this mix clearly: $116,911,654 to Network of 700 Agencies in 2023 and $113,254,614 to Network of 690 Agencies in 2024, both for assistance to individuals. Alongside those large distributions, Harvesters has funded targeted capacity-building efforts such as cooler purchase grants to partner agencies and an order-ahead pilot for community food access. The overall picture is of a funder that combines large-scale food assistance with operational support for the local network delivering it, using both direct service funding and equipment or pilot grants to strengthen distribution.
What Harvesters - the Community Food Network Funds
Food access is the central thread in Harvesters - the Community Food Network’s grantmaking. The largest recent awards went to Network of 700 Agencies for assistance to individuals, showing that direct food support is a core priority. Beyond that, the foundation has backed infrastructure that helps agencies store and distribute food, including $443,660 for cooler purchase grants to 41 partner agencies. It also supported a specific cooler project with $68,840 to Chruch of the Resurrection in Overland Park, Kansas, for cooler purchase and installation. Program design and data support appear as well: 14 partner agencies received $9,200 for establishing a service insights program. On the access side, Harvesters funded two $8,500 FANO order-ahead pilot programs, one at Jewish Family Services in Overland Park and one at Bishop Sullivan Center in Kansas City.
How Harvesters - the Community Food Network Gives
Typical grants range from $15,790 at the 25th percentile to $256,250 at the median, with a 75th percentile of $11,015,833, reflecting a mix of very large direct-assistance awards and much smaller project grants. The recent record shows repeated support to the same broad agency network in both 2023 and 2024, indicating ongoing funding rather than one-time giving. Harvesters - the Community Food Network does not make program-related investments and does not fund individuals directly outside its grant structure. The pattern is operational and service-oriented, with grants used for assistance delivery, equipment, and pilot programs.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$249.9M
Total Assets
$59.7M
Total Revenue
$143.7M
Total Expenses
$141.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $16K and $11M, with a median of $256K.
25th Percentile
$16K
Median
$256K
75th Percentile
$11M
Geographic Reach
Regional2 states funded
About 67% of grants go to recipients in MO.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
STEPHEN DAVIS
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