Spring Match: Make 2X The Impact

Donate by April 30 and your gift will be doubled, up to $60,000, thanks to a match offer from Redwood Credit Union. With rising costs and looming cuts to government support, your support is more critical than ever. Donate today to help our neighbors put food on the table.

DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT

Spring Match: Make 2X The Impact

Donate by April 30 and your gift will be doubled, up to $60,000, thanks to a match offer from Redwood Credit Union. With rising costs and looming cuts to government support, your support is more critical than ever. Donate today to help our neighbors put food on the table.

DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT

2024 Hunger Report

Our survey of more than 3,000 participants and people on our waitlist showed that a stubbornly high cost of living and wages that can’t support basic needs are straining families. To truly end hunger, we must find lasting solutions to the root causes of hunger

2024 HUNGER REPORT

Annual Report 2023-2024

The last year at the Food Bank was one of transformation as we continued to join hands with our community to innovate solutions for hunger today, while also advocating for policies that will end hunger tomorrow. Read more about the impact we achieved together in the link below.

2024 Annual Report

Our Strategic Roadmap

To truly end hunger, we cannot only address the hunger we see today, but we must tackle its root causes to create a more just and equitable society. Together with our communities, partners, participants, and supporters, we are co-creating solutions that provide food, reduce barriers, increase access, and change policies. Our three-year strategic roadmap reimagines how food insecurity is addressed, through community empowerment, increased advocacy, and focus on root causes.

2022 – 2025 STRATEGIC ROADMAP

NEED HELP?

Our Food Locator tool can help you find weekly free groceries, monthly food boxes for seniors, one-time emergency food, or help to enroll in CalFresh (food stamps).

FIND FOOD

CalFresh Emergency Allotments Ended

During the pandemic we saw a significant decline in food insecurity thanks to investments in social safety net programs we know work. Now, we are seeing those programs erode.

The end of the CalFresh emergency allotments will mean the average household in SF and Marin will lose between $150-$160 per month — many people will start receiving as little as $23. What can you do with $23 in the Bay Area? Even before inflation drove already high grocery prices through the roof that didn’t go far.

The state is looking to food banks and other community-based organizations to pick up the slack, but food banks are at the brink. With declining revenue from fundraising and government support, rising operational expenses and a client-base that is still 75% higher than pre-pandemic levels.

CalFresh is one of our greatest tools to ending hunger. It puts money directly into the hands of those who need it to choose the food their families want. This is why the Food Bank is committed to ensuring those who need it can access the benefits they deserve through CalFresh outreach, application support, and advocacy to improve the benefits.

Expanding for a Hunger-Free Future

Pre-COVID, we were already a lifeline for 140,000 people every week. The pandemic forced thousands more to turn to us for help. We aren’t renovating to expand, but to sustain — to continue to meet the elevated levels of need and to be able to serve more than 210,000 people weekly.

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How You Can Help

Volunteer

Make a hands-on difference by volunteering in our warehouse or in our community.

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Donate

Every $1 donated provides 2 meals for neighbors in need.

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Start a Drive

Rally your friends, coworkers, and family against hunger!

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Our Community in Action

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Caring About CalFresh

At the Food Bank, we know ending hunger means disrupting its root causes, which include poverty and housing instability. Real change is impossible if we don’t tackle these issues together — a belief that was front and center at the Episcop...

Showing Up for Her Neighbors: Why Christine Gives Monthly to the Food Bank

For Christine, a member of our Monthly Giving Circle, showing up for her neighbors is second nature.
Growing up in a small town in New England, “we didn’t have food banks,” she recalls, “but everybody knew everybody else. When someone struggle...

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From Pumpkin Pie to Regional Impact: Our Partnership with Brisa Ranch

The Food Bank knows food is more than fuel — it’s how we connect with our families, our histories, and each other. That’s why we’re committed to providing food that’s both and also thoughtfully sourced. Thanks to the USDA’s Local Food Purchasing A...

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Transforming Food Assistance in the City That Shaped Her: Irene’s Story

For Irene Garcia, the Bay Area isn’t just where she lives — it’s who she is. “I was born and raised in San Francisco,” she says. “Giving back to my community is part of who I am to my core. For me, working here, living here, and breathing here...

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Saving le Roi: Todd’s Story

“The quality of the food that you guys offer is amazing… It’s been a godsend,” Todd Dickinson told us one Monday after selecting groceries at the Tenderloin Pop-up Pantry, a collaboration between the Food Bank and St. Anthony’s in San Francisc...

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Advocating for Real Change: Greer’s Story

Our network of 250 food pantries brings food into the neighborhoods where it’s most needed. But while sharing weekly groceries with our neighbors is essential to address the immediate hunger in our community, it isn’t the whole story. We can...