Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana

About Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana

Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana channels very large-scale grant support into food access, with recent awards reaching $10,416,552 to Hope the Food Pantry of New Orleans and $6,127,928 in the prior year to the same organization. The pattern is straightforward: the foundation backs agencies that move food to people in need, often through partner networks that distribute food, support emergency assistance, and extend school and senior feeding. That mix aligns with its stated aim to end hunger through food access, advocacy, education, and disaster response. The recent grant list also shows sustained support for regional food providers rather than one-off project grants. Our Daily Bread Food Bank in Hammond received awards in consecutive years, and New Orleans Mission appears in consecutive years as well. In Lafayette, Gethsemane Cogic received major support in both 2023 and 2024, indicating repeated funding relationships with community-based distribution partners. The overall profile is one of a food-bank-led funder that uses grants to reinforce local organizations serving households facing food insecurity, homelessness, and other urgent basic-needs pressures.

What Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana Funds

In direct food assistance, the foundation gave $10,416,552 to Hope the Food Pantry of New Orleans for food assistance for persons in need, and also funded other local pantries and meal providers with the same purpose. Its work reaches beyond one city: Our Daily Bread Food Bank in Hammond received $2,542,722, and Mission Pantry Lacombe received $1,623,455. Emergency and disaster response sits within the broader mission, and the grant program structure reflects that through partner agencies that can access food resources, mobile pantry support, and school and senior feeding support. Nutrition and food-access capacity also appear in the partnership materials, which reference nutrition resources and SNAP/outreach support for member agencies. The funder’s beneficiary base includes people experiencing food insecurity, low-income households, and individuals who are homeless or unstably housed, so the support is oriented toward basic needs delivery rather than discretionary program work.

How Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana Gives