How much does The Houston Food Bank give?

The Houston Food Bank reported 866 itemized grants totaling $282,576,225, out of $300,804,120 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing.

What does The Houston Food Bank fund?

By grant dollars over FY2024 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (100%), Health (0%), Youth Development (0%).

Who are The Houston Food Bank's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2024 to FY2024: Montgomery County Food Bank Inc ($17M), Galveston County Food Bank ($14M), Bethels Heavenly Hands ($7.8M).

Which funders back the same organizations as The Houston Food Bank?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Greater Houston, Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company, Houston Texans Foundation.

Where is The Houston Food Bank based?

The Houston Food Bank is based in TX.

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Texas · Public charity

The Houston Food Bank

Houston food bank's mission is to provide food for better lives. Last year we provided access to 136 million nutritious meals in 18 counties in southeast texas through our 1,600 community partners which includes food pantries, soup kitchens, social service providers, and schools. In addition to distributing food, we provide services and…

$301M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 866
Itemized grants FY2024

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Itemized, FY2024: $283M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024: $52,816
Largest grant, FY2024: $16,973,681
States reached, FY2024: 1
Total assets, FY2024: $164M

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2024 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Montgomery County Food Bank Inc	$16,973,681	9	44%
Galveston County Food Bank	$13,585,920	9	59%
Bethels Heavenly Hands	$7,774,684	9	n/a
Brazos Valley Food Bank Inc	$5,998,138	9	38%
Annam Community Development Corpora Tion	$5,582,085	9	n/a
Impact Church of Christ	$5,578,508	7	n/a
Iglesia Bautista Melrose (Ps)	$4,651,128	2	n/a
Redeemed Christian Church of God Rccg	$4,278,947	7	n/a
Living Water International Apostolic Ministries	$4,190,012	9	n/a
Royalty Church	$3,740,498	7	n/a

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All grantees of The Houston Food Bank by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Montgomery County Food Bank Inc	$16,973,681	9	44%
Galveston County Food Bank	$13,585,920	9	59%
Bethels Heavenly Hands	$7,774,684	9	n/a
Brazos Valley Food Bank Inc	$5,998,138	9	38%
Annam Community Development Corpora Tion	$5,582,085	9	n/a
Impact Church of Christ	$5,578,508	7	n/a
Iglesia Bautista Melrose (Ps)	$4,651,128	2	n/a
Redeemed Christian Church of God Rccg	$4,278,947	7	n/a
Living Water International Apostolic Ministries	$4,190,012	9	n/a
Royalty Church	$3,740,498	7	n/a
Katy Christian Ministries	$3,677,699	9	43%
Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area	$3,429,095	9	2%
Society of St Vincent de Paul Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston	$3,174,034	9	20%
Bible Way Fellowship Baptist Church	$3,119,511	9	n/a
Community of Faith Church Central	$3,004,744	6	n/a
Covenant with Christ International Inc	$3,001,681	8	n/a
Houston Independent Sch Dist	$2,626,305	6	n/a
Fondren Seventh-Day Adventist Church (Ps)	$2,399,884	7	n/a
Second Mile Mission Center	$2,315,567	9	33%
First Baptist Church of Houston	$2,289,303	9	n/a
Sacred Heart of Jesus Social Ministry (Ps)	$2,215,322	8	n/a
Iglesia Trinidad del Norte de Houston Inc	$2,166,954	9	n/a
Plmc Promised Land Ministries	$2,138,773	5	n/a
Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church - St Thomas Food Pantry (Ps)	$2,124,787	7	n/a
Texas Conference of Seventh Day Adventists	$1,973,181	7	n/a
Christian Outreach Center - Living Word Fellowship Church (Ps)	$1,972,089	9	n/a
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston - Houston	$1,872,313	8	2%
Rosenberg Richmond Helping Hands Inc	$1,858,035	9	84%
Almeda Plaza Missionary Baptist Church	$1,738,845	8	n/a
Chapelwood United Methodist Church - Fair Haven Food Pantry (Ps)	$1,700,961	8	n/a
Christian Helping Hands Inc	$1,658,332	9	57%
The Gulf Coast Christian Center Ag Church	$1,639,852	7	n/a
Wesley Community Center Inc of Houston Texas	$1,612,740	9	19%
Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church	$1,491,047	9	n/a
Woodsedge Community Church	$1,395,048	9	n/a
The Well on Mastersroad (Ps)	$1,316,519	9	n/a
Icna Houston Unit	$1,300,084	9	n/a
Casa Juan Diego	$1,294,434	9	42%
Crosby Church a Fellowship Of	$1,290,411	5	n/a
Southeast Texas Food Bank Inc	$1,264,731	9	5%
Hope for Families Inc	$1,238,234	5	n/a
Kids' Meals Inc	$1,222,225	9	7%
Brighter Bites Inc	$1,207,778	8	8%
Rock of Ages Church	$1,149,061	7	n/a
L a Walters Ministries	$1,073,308	8	n/a
Trinity Lutheran Church	$1,062,328	8	n/a
Bridging for Tomorrow	$1,057,324	9	52%
The Good Neighbor Connection	$1,048,751	6	n/a
Pasadena Community Ministries Inc	$1,033,780	9	n/a
Mission Bells Food Pantry at Christ the King Episcopal Church (Ps)	$1,023,513	9	n/a
Alvin Manvel Community Food Pantry	$1,021,229	9	n/a
Committee for a Better Galena Park	$1,012,200	7	n/a
Target Hunger Inc	$989,323	9	11%
Calvary Church	$986,059	9	n/a
Good Shepherd Mission	$976,232	9	n/a
Community Family Centers Inc	$975,712	9	22%
Sealy Christian Pantry Inc	$934,975	9	n/a
Gulf Coast Community Services Association	$931,240	9	3%
Victory Life Church International	$917,271	8	n/a
Hacs Inc	$896,435	7	n/a
Missouri Street Church of Christ	$892,827	9	n/a
Victory Family Outreach Ministries	$873,210	9	n/a
Iglesia Vision Divina	$850,122	9	n/a
East Spring Branch Food Pantry at Holy Cross Lutheran Church (Ps)	$807,235	9	n/a
Ocher Foundation (Ps)	$803,958	6	n/a
The Redeemed Christian Church of God Isaac Generation Assembly	$778,772	9	n/a
Living Word Chapel	$774,424	9	n/a
East End Social Services Inc	$756,492	8	n/a
First Baptist Church - New Waverly (Ps)	$744,376	9	n/a
Spirit of Sharing Inc	$743,795	9	n/a
Mesa-Outreach Inc	$742,849	9	64%
Humble Area Assistance Ministries Inc	$732,785	9	19%
Open Door Mission (Ps)	$728,581	2	n/a
Helping Hands to the Community Inc	$726,981	7	n/a
Star of Hope - Mens Development Center (Ps)	$724,565	3	n/a
Children Like Loni Organization	$722,795	4	68%
Redemption Community Development Corporation	$721,979	7	n/a
Southside Church of Christ (Ps)	$715,817	9	n/a
Harris County Hospital District Foundation	$711,108	5	35%
Abiding Faith United Methodist Church - Abba's Pantry (Ps)	$687,937	7	n/a
Cy-Fair Helping Hands	$680,767	9	n/a
Brazosport Cares	$671,883	9	14%
University of Houston - Downtown (Ffc)	$654,358	7	n/a
East Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry	$649,077	9	19%
Pasadena Isd Education Foundation	$646,877	3	62%
St Peters Episcopal Church	$641,462	7	n/a
Islamic Society of Greater Houston	$637,782	8	n/a
Spring I S D Education Foundation Inc	$629,547	3	n/a
Magnificat Houses Inc	$622,120	7	18%
Greater Ward Chapel a M E Church	$603,257	9	n/a
St Mary Magdalene Catholic Church (Ps)	$601,995	7	n/a
The Foundation for Black Heritage and Culture	$597,278	6	n/a
El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank (Fb)	$576,467	4	n/a
Be a Bridge Foundation at New Beginning Church Supernatural (Ps)	$570,542	3	n/a
Christ Lutheran Church of la Porte	$570,383	7	n/a
Care Share Mission (Ps)	$568,343	9	n/a
All Saints Anglican Church	$563,263	6	n/a
North Channel Assistance Ministries	$557,549	8	n/a
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church (Ps)	$554,819	7	n/a
Cheyenne Center Inc	$554,766	9	10%
Operation Refuge Inc	$549,823	9	n/a
Dominion International Center	$548,714	9	n/a
Iaspire Youth Program	$537,030	6	n/a
First Missionary Baptist Church of Houston	$532,890	8	n/a
St Pauls Luthern Church	$528,170	9	n/a
The General Council of the Assemblies of God	$525,944	7	n/a
Christian Community Service Center Inc	$522,897	9	9%
Aldine Independent School District	$507,259	5	n/a
BakerRipley	$506,985	9	0%
Clear Lake Food Pantry	$505,847	8	n/a
East Texas Food Bank Foundation Inc	$503,705	3	n/a
Centro Cristiano Fe y Restauracion	$495,136	9	n/a
St Justin Martyr Parish (Ps)	$493,785	9	n/a
Sunset United Methodist Church (Ps)	$490,863	9	n/a
Crossroads at Park Place Inc	$473,316	7	n/a
E L Furr High School (Ms)	$465,244	5	n/a
The Redeemed Christian Church of God Pentecostal Life Assembly	$459,233	9	n/a
Grace & Mercy Good Pantry	$458,077	3	n/a
Liberty Christian Center Food Pantry (Ps)	$444,016	7	n/a
Hebron Seventh-Day Adventist Church (Ps)	$433,130	9	n/a
Christ of Power Inc	$433,028	3	n/a
Brentwood Baptist Church (Ps)	$423,404	9	n/a
Liberty Church of Christ	$422,380	9	n/a
Crosby Education Foundation	$409,321	2	n/a
Ladies in Action (Ps)	$408,719	7	n/a
Impact Church	$404,941	5	n/a
Life Support Development Ministry	$399,132	7	n/a
Iglesia Cristo Viene of Baytown Inc	$391,777	7	n/a
My Brother's Keeper Outreach Center	$389,038	8	97%
Greater Mount Zion Mbc - Annette Strawder Here to Help Pantry (Ps)	$374,233	7	n/a
Interfaith Food Bank Inc	$365,837	9	78%
Central Texas Food Bank Inc	$364,563	7	0%
Iglesia Cristiana Jehova Mi Rey	$362,158	9	n/a
New Beginnings Global Fellowship	$347,659	5	n/a
New Caney ISD Education Foundation	$347,341	2	n/a
Southeast Area Ministries	$346,496	9	64%
Bread of Life Inc	$346,360	9	3%
Kashmere Gardens Church of Christ (Ps)	$339,946	9	n/a
The Universal Church Inc	$339,403	6	n/a
University of Texas	$339,193	2	n/a
Heights Interfaith Ministries Inc	$338,419	9	n/a
Fort Bend ISD Education Foundation	$331,511	3	26%
New Home Full Gospel Ministries	$324,895	6	n/a
United States Catholic Conference	$324,358	9	n/a
Repair the Breach Ministries	$318,479	9	42%
North East Partners in Power	$314,950	7	n/a
Brookshire Pattison Food Pantry	$312,629	9	n/a
Where Help Originates Inc	$308,336	7	n/a
Angels Nest Inc	$305,100	1	n/a
Cleveland Senior Citizens Organization	$299,477	9	88%
Waller Assist & Restor Ministries	$298,524	9	28%
Braes Interfaith Ministries Inc	$297,490	9	n/a
He Heard My Cry Ministries (Ps)	$284,116	3	n/a
All Brothers in Christ	$280,677	3	18%
Dayton Community Center - City of Dayton (Ps)	$279,585	4	n/a
Spring Branch Education Foundation	$274,826	3	n/a
Mount Zion Chapel - Redeemed Christian Church of God (Ps)	$274,390	7	n/a
Farm Gals Inc	$270,789	7	n/a
Northview Baptist Church	$268,322	6	n/a
Cenikor Foundation	$264,219	9	1%
Spring Creek Church of Christ in Tomball	$258,873	9	n/a
Iglesia Sendero de la Cruz Inc	$257,813	9	n/a
Cedar Bayou Baptist Church	$253,855	7	n/a
Azleway Inc	$253,538	9	6%
Church of God	$253,522	6	n/a
India House Inc	$250,694	7	31%
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church (Ps)	$246,855	7	n/a
Greater New Grove Christian Worship Center	$246,153	2	n/a
Harvest Intercontinental Church Houston	$241,372	9	n/a
Epiphany Lutheran Church	$241,308	9	n/a
The Mens Center Incorporated	$237,997	7	13%
Southwest Region Conference Of	$231,734	9	n/a
Unity of Houston - Unity Church of Christianity (Ps)	$228,941	7	n/a
Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation	$228,844	6	n/a
Greater Love Full Gospel	$227,919	3	n/a
Northeast Houston Baptist Church	$226,405	7	n/a
Shiloh Ministries (Ps)	$226,243	7	n/a
Scholarship Fund of Greater First MBC	$222,132	7	n/a
Launch Point CDC Inc	$220,476	9	25%
Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans	$219,527	8	1%
City on the Hill Evangelical Ministries Inc	$218,708	9	n/a
Jordan Grove Missionary Baptist Church	$217,351	8	n/a
The Indian Pentecostal Church of God Houston Texas	$216,407	6	n/a
Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church	$216,019	9	n/a
St Joseph the Worker Catholic Church (Ps)	$206,701	6	n/a
New Temple Church of Christ	$206,575	7	n/a
Manna House the Third Ward Pantry	$203,882	9	n/a
Houston Northwest Spanish Seventh-Day Adventist Church (Ps)	$202,210	7	n/a
Texas Alcoholism Foundation Inc	$193,480	9	13%
Mid Chambers Christian Caring Center Inc	$190,008	9	n/a
St Thomas Orthodox Church of India	$186,514	6	n/a
New Community Baptist Church Inc	$185,095	8	n/a
Galena Park Independent School District	$182,715	3	n/a
Manos Abiertas a la Comunidad y Las	$182,543	9	n/a
Epiphany Community Health Outreach Services	$181,365	8	10%
South Texas Dist Council	$175,459	7	n/a
Caring Place Adult Day Care (Ps)	$175,308	7	n/a
New Mt Calvary Baptist Church	$172,260	9	n/a
Society of Champions Outreach	$171,966	3	n/a
Bay Area Turning Point Inc	$167,741	8	3%
Uvalde Baptist Church	$166,018	9	n/a
First Baptist Church - Devers (Ps)	$164,862	7	n/a
Harvest Time Evangelistic Center	$162,713	6	n/a
Trinity Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry	$161,002	9	n/a
Servant of Nations (Mobile) (Ps)	$160,287	8	n/a
The Salvation Army	$159,049	7	n/a
Corporate Senior Center	$151,561	9	13%
Greater St Matthew Baptist Church	$150,036	7	n/a
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc	$144,139	9	1%
Sunnyside Place CDC	$142,222	4	n/a
San Antonio Food Bank	$141,612	6	0%
New Deliverance Fellowship Ministries	$140,683	8	n/a
The Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc	$137,378	9	2%
Klein Isd Education Foundation	$137,103	3	32%
Bammel Church of Christ	$134,320	3	n/a
Texas City Independent School District Foundation for the Future	$131,102	2	9%
Cleveland Isd Education Foundation	$129,488	3	n/a
Houston Humane Society	$127,184	6	1%
South Union Missionary Baptist (Ps)	$124,620	7	n/a
North Harris Montgomery Community College District	$120,759	3	1%
Houston Area Women's Center	$119,563	9	1%
New Spirit Counseling Program	$118,781	9	n/a
St Joseph Catholic Church (Ps)	$118,730	9	n/a
Trinity East United Methodist Church	$114,316	8	n/a
St Stephen Missionary Baptist Church	$114,003	9	n/a
Pearland Neighborhood Center	$108,310	9	18%
First Baptist Church (North Houston) (Ps)	$107,936	8	n/a
Catholic Diocese of Galveston- Houston	$107,284	8	n/a
Channelview ISD Education Foundation Inc	$107,178	3	27%
Wol Education & Development Center	$106,348	5	n/a
South Union Church of Christ Inc	$102,298	9	n/a
Society of St Vincent de Paul-St Louis Conference	$98,895	7	n/a
Visions of Faith Ministries at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church (Ps)	$97,440	7	n/a
Star of Hope Mission	$96,530	9	0%
Christ Rose Foundation	$96,477	6	n/a
New Life Seventh-Day Adventist Church (Ps)	$91,154	7	n/a
Bellville Christian Food Pantry	$90,185	9	n/a
Society of St Stephen	$88,315	9	n/a
Tomball Emergency Assistance Ministries (Team) (Ps)	$86,995	9	n/a
Clear Creek Independent School District	$86,381	3	n/a
St Matthew the Evangelist Catholic Church (Ps)	$81,692	9	n/a
Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart	$78,361	8	n/a
Pathways Church of Houston	$73,816	8	n/a
Riverside United Methodist Church (Ffc)	$72,517	7	n/a
Combined Arms	$71,727	3	1%
Youth-Reach Houston Inc	$70,986	8	5%
Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America	$70,746	6	n/a
Boynton United Methodist Church	$68,438	9	n/a
Trinity Garden's First Baptist Church (Ps)	$66,048	7	n/a
Huntsville Education Foundation	$54,104	2	n/a
Sheldon Independent School District Education Foundation	$54,058	3	38%
House of Amos	$52,348	9	51%
Apostolic Church (Ps)	$47,362	6	n/a
Alvin High School Athletic Dept	$45,158	3	n/a
Junior Service League of Huntsville	$45,054	8	n/a
Mission Centers of Houston	$44,295	8	4%
Sarah's House	$44,222	9	4%
Abundance Living Inc	$40,517	9	4%
Humble Isd Education Foundation	$39,434	2	1%
Jones Memorial United Methodist Church (Ps)	$39,087	6	n/a
St Stephen Presbyterian Church (Ps)	$35,123	9	n/a
Sam Houston University Foundation	$35,026	6	1%
Riverside Baptist Church	$34,374	9	n/a
International Leadership of Texas - Global	$33,951	1	1%
Mission of Yahweh Inc	$33,849	8	1%
Greater Grace Outreach Church	$33,632	8	n/a
Project Restoration Outreach Ministries Inc	$30,159	8	n/a
Katy Isd Education Foundation	$28,708	3	4%
Living Word Church of the Nazarene	$28,315	8	n/a
AIDS Foundation Houston Inc	$27,870	9	0%
Steps of Faith Ministries Inc	$26,287	9	n/a
New Providence Baptist Church	$23,537	7	n/a
Hardin Isd Education Foundation Inc	$23,084	3	n/a
Midsouth Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church	$18,029	5	n/a
Higher Dimension Baptist Church	$17,465	7	n/a
Royal ISD Education Foundation	$16,773	2	51%
Ser-Ninos Inc Dba Ser Ninos Charter School	$14,838	1	0%
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church	$14,794	7	n/a
Dayton Public Schools	$14,698	1	n/a
Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District	$14,653	3	n/a
Heart of Faith Church	$13,501	9	n/a
Tarkington Student Foundation Inc	$9,032	3	35%
Deer Park Education Foundation	$8,387	2	3%
Brazosport Independent School District Education Foundation	$8,184	2	1%
YES Prep Public Schools Inc	$7,258	4	0%
Covenant House Texas	$6,158	7	0%
La Porte Education Foundation	$5,161	2	1%

Plus 310 recipients with no EIN on record ($60M), not named here.

The Houston Food Bank supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 28 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 82 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 82.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

United Way of Greater HoustonTX75.1× affinity48 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Greater Houston · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · Houston Texans Foundation · Astros Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · Baxter Trust Co Private Foundation Services · Charity Guild of Catholic Women of Harris County Inc · Strake Foundation · Hildebrand Foundation · The Methodist Hospital · Feeding America · Houston Endowment Inc

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Houston Food Bank

How much does The Houston Food Bank give?: The Houston Food Bank reported 866 itemized grants totaling $282,576,225, out of $300,804,120 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing.
What does The Houston Food Bank fund?: By grant dollars over FY2024 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (100%), Health (0%), Youth Development (0%).
Who are The Houston Food Bank's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2024 to FY2024: Montgomery County Food Bank Inc ($17M), Galveston County Food Bank ($14M), Bethels Heavenly Hands ($7.8M).
Which funders back the same organizations as The Houston Food Bank?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Greater Houston, Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company, Houston Texans Foundation.
Where is The Houston Food Bank based?: The Houston Food Bank is based in TX.