Grants for food banks

Name: Top 25 grants made to food banks and pantries
Creator: Cause IQ
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2,201 food banks and pantries received at least $60.2 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 7,689 grants made from 3,862 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 3,862 foundations, 75% made just a single grant to food banks, and 4% made grants to four or more food banks. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$60,244,520

Total grant dollars given to food banks

7,689

Number of grants made annually to food banks

3,862

Number of grantmakers funding food banks

$1,000

Median grant size to food banks

Foundations that support food banks and pantries

Out of all grants made to food banks, 85% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 78% of the dollar-value of grants to food banks. Foundations funding food banks also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, food distribution programs, emergency assistance programs, christian organizations, and homeless shelters.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	3,291
Medium	328
Large	242

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	79
Private	3,330
Corporate	181
Other	272

Grants made

Grants made to food banks	Number of grantmakers
1	2,924
2-3	765
4-10	120
11+	53

Top 10 foundations supporting food banks and pantries

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to food banks	Number of grants made to food banks	Median grant size
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	1.7%	149	$500
Land O'Lakes Foundation	MN	National	1.8%	133	$714
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.1%	123	$490
Westrock Foundation	GA	National	0.5%	112	$30
Food Lifeline	WA	Metro	18.1%	99	$1,163
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.6%	93	$100
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	0.2%	92	$500
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.2%	87	$250
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.6%	86	$62

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Food banks and pantries grantees

Food banks with more than $5 million in total revenues received 86% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 68% of all food banks.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	7,678
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	11

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,000
$100k-$500k	$1,500
$500k-$1M	$1,624
$1M-$5M	$1,174
>$5M	$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	650
Illinois	559
New York	511
Texas	440
Other	5,529

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Chicago	521
New York City	494
Seattle	218
Boston	200
Other	5,634

Top 25 grants made to food banks

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Feeding America	$8,041,342	Covid 19:covid 19 America's Food Fund	Gofundmeorg
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank	$5,638,290	Fight Hunger	Feeding America
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley	$5,323,239	Food Security	Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
North Texas Food Bank	$4,508,281	This Grant Is Designated for General Support.	Communities Foundation of Texas
Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana	$4,259,009	Fight Hunger	Feeding America
Greater Chicago Food Depository	$4,101,825	General Support	Fulk Family Foundation
United Dairy Industry of Michigan	$3,643,323	Promote the Sale of Milk and Milk Products and Increase Consumer Awareness of Milk Products Through Promotion, Research, and Nutrition Education.	Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA)
The Houston Food Bank	$2,920,145	Fight Hunger	Feeding America
Community FoodBank of New Jersey (CFBNJ)	$2,793,567	Fight Hunger	Feeding America
Greater Chicago Food Depository	$2,792,478	Fight Hunger	Feeding America
Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana	$2,700,000	General Support	United Way of Central Indiana
Clark County Food Bank	$5,000	2017 Grant Dsitribution	Negley Flinn Charitable Foundation
San Francisco-Marin Food Bank	$5,000	2017 Grant Distribution	Negley Flinn Charitable Foundation
Palm Beach County Food Bank	$5,000	2017 Grant Distribution	Negley Flinn Charitable Foundation
Redwood Empire Food Bank	$5,000	2017 Grant Distribution	Negley Flinn Charitable Foundation
Philabundance	$5,000	General Support	Polly A Levee Charitable Trust - Trust A
Food for Lane County	$5,000	Operating Support	The Haugland Family Foundation
Community Help in Park Slope (CHIPS)	$5,000	To Enable the Institution To Continue Their Public Charitable Role.	WSP Foundation
City Harvest	$5,000	To Enable the Institution To Continue Their Public Charitable Role.	WSP Foundation
Feeding America Kentucky's Heartland	$5,000	Provide Funds To Support Organization's Purpose of Feeding America	Rotary International - Bardstown
Wilkinson Center	$5,000	Education and Support for Families in Need.	The Baldridge Foundation
Wilkinson Center	$5,000	Education and Support for Families in Need.	The Baldridge Foundation
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank	$5,000	To Further Tax-Exempt Activities	John and Colleen Morrissey Foundation
Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York	$5,000	General	The Bonnie Ward Simon Foundation
Second Harvest Food Bank East Tennessee	$5,000	Purchase of Food	Robert Lee Weiss Foundation 15-3002252

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Food banks" category for this page is determined by the "K31: Food Banks, Food Pantries" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.