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Help give kids a hunger-free summer. Your $1 provides up to 9 meals.

More Than a Meal.

A Lifeline.

For 40+ years, we’ve stood beside New Yorkers facing hunger.
Our mission is simple: empower every New Yorker to achieve food security for good.

Meet NYC's Largest Hunger Relief Organization

With nearly 800 partners across all five boroughs, we deliver fresh, culturally relevant food—and the tools for self-sufficiency.

Hunger Ends Here — With Us

1.4 million New Yorkers — including 1 in 4 kids — face food insecurity.
We’re changing the story. Impact since 1983:

1.6 B lbs

Of nutritious food delivered

100+

Types of culturally familiar foods distributed

630 K+

Empowered through nutrition education

$465 M

In SNAP benefits secured—That’s $760M in economic impact for NYC

140 K

Households received SNAP assistance

23 M+

Meals delivered to students and families through Campus Pantry

News & Updates

Real New Yorkers. Real Stories.

• 👁 Jessica Dean, Teacher at Matilda Avenue School in the Bronx
  

  Films| June 5, 2026|

  “If They’re Hungry, They Can’t Focus”

• 👁 Maria, Principal of Matilda Avenue School in the Bronx
  

  Films| June 5, 2026|

  “Whatever It Takes So Kids Can Be Kids”

See your impact in action

• 👁 Food Bank For NYC libby crown
  

  Press, SNAP| June 3, 2026|

  Joint Statement on New York’s FY27 State Budget and Hunger Relief

• 👁 Food Bank For NYC President and CEO Leslie Gordon speaks with graduates of the inaugural Emerging Leaders Advocacy Council during the program’s graduation ceremony in Harlem.
  

  News| May 8, 2026|

  Meet the First Class of Food Bank For NYC’s Emerging Leaders Advocacy Council

• 👁 Food Bank For NYC team members smile in branded jerseys after playing a basketball game organized by People & Culture.
  

  Press| April 20, 2026|

  Food Bank For NYC Earns Prestigious 2026 USA TODAY Top Workplaces Award

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