An estimated 1.3 million people are food insecurity in New York City. Let's join together in understanding this critical issue by praying, serving, and giving.
- Watch: Understanding Food Insecurity in Our City
- Print and distribute: Our pocked-sized Resource Card that have a list places to get food
PRAY | SERVE | GIVE
PRAY
We hosted a virtual prayer on Thursday, April 25 at noon! If you missed it, you can still pray for our city by joining future prayer calls and following our prayer guide.
SERVE
Many of our affiliate partners continue providing groceries, hot meals, and other food items to hungry New Yorkers in need. Find an affiliate partner in your neighbor and volunteer!
All Angels' Church
All Angels' Church serves the holistic needs of homeless men and women in the church and its surrounding Upper West Side community through meals, Sunday worship, Bible studies, drop-in service programs, and a recovery cafe.
- Prepare food for neighbors experiencing homelessness
- Serve breakfast to neighbors experiencing homelessness
- Serve meals to neighbors experiencing homelessness
City Relief
City Relief is a mobile outreach in New York and New Jersey that connects homeless men and women to resources that lead to life transformation. City Relief needs volunteers to converse with hungry New Yorkers at two outreaches in Harlem and the Bronx.
Dream Center
Dream Center NYC is a neighborhood-based community organization that provides basic food and hygiene needs to public housing communities in Chelsea and East Harlem.
- Distribute food to families in Hamilton Heights
- Distribute food to families in Chelsea
- Distribute food to families in the Upper East Side
- Distribute food to families in East Harlem
Graffiti Community Ministries
Graffiti Community Ministries is a Christ-centered community center that offers programs and services, such as food and clothing distribution, tutoring, and after school activities to the Alphabet City community in the East Village.
Living Waters Fellowship
Living Waters Fellowship is a church that provides children's programs and breakfast to the local Bushwick, Brooklyn community.
Next Step Community Church
Next Step Community Church, formerly Recovery House of Worship, helps hurting people heal in Downtown Brooklyn. Current programming includes a community food pantry, hot breakfast, visitation ministry, support for new parents, and more.
- Serve breakfast and connect with Brooklyn neighbors
- Stock grocery shelves at community food pantry
- Serve at community food pantry
St. Paul’s House
St. Paul's House offers food programs through Creighton's Cafe and Tuesday Pantry, hands-on ministry experience, and biblical discipleship to men and women who are experiencing homelessness.
- Serve at morning soup kitchen for hungry neighbors
- Pack the food pantry for hungry neighbors
- Distribute food to neighbors in need through food pantry
The Bowery Mission
Since the 1870s, The Bowery Mission has served generations of New Yorkers experiencing homelessness, hunger, and poverty. At its downtown campuses, New Yorkers in need receive hot meals, clothing, and safe overnight shelter.
- Serve breakfast to neighbors in need
- Serve meals to those in need in Lower Manhattan
- Serve meals to those in need in Tribeca
The Father’s Heart Ministries
The Father's Heart Ministries provides services to the unemployed, at-risk youth, immigrants, and those without social or family support. Their Hunger Prevention Program offers a food pantry and hot breakfast to neighbors in the East Village community.
The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army provides services to those in need, including food and meals, emergency social services, after-school programs, and disaster relief. The Salvation Army also partners with City Relief and The Bowery Mission to reach more New Yorkers in need.
GIVE
This season, we're focused on fundraising collectively for the issue-based need of food insecurity. Help us in supporting affiliates who have food programs that their communities depend on daily.
Want to give by check, ACH, or in a different way? See all our ways to give.
Spring Benefit 2024
Plus: You're invited to our Spring Benefit on Thursday, May 16! We'll be fundraising for affiliates who have food insecurity-related programs. Pastor Marian of The Father's Heart will be our key speaker!