What are Community Investment Grants?
A walk-in freezer in Boston, a teaching kitchen in Revere, a building renovation in New Bedford—projects and expansions at hunger relief organizations across the state are being powered by Community Investment Grants from The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB).
Since 2013, GBFB has awarded nearly $7 million to partner agencies that serve all 190 towns and cities in Eastern Massachusetts. Through this financial assistance, we empower our network of partners to better serve people facing hunger in their communities.
Funds From Community Investment Grants Help Agencies to:
- Purchase new refrigerators and storage
- Expand food transportation services
- Add staff to support operations
- Upskill workforces
- Improve infrastructure
- Respond to unique food-related needs in communities
At a critical time when 1 in 3 Massachusetts residents face food insecurity, the Community Investment Grant program is part of GBFB’s commitment to elevating solutions from those with lived experience with hunger—and speaks to the power of partnerships to end hunger here.
Community Investment Grant Spotlight: YMCA of Greater Boston
The YMCA of Greater Boston estimates that they distribute food to as many as 10,000 individuals every seven days. They’ve been able to do that, in part, thanks to Community Investment Grants from GBFB in 2021 and 2022, which have helped them successfully manage that expansion and growth.
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Community Investment Grant Recipients
2024
Read more about the 2024 Community Investment Grants
- Acord Food Pantry, South Hamilton
- Allston-Brighton Food Pantry and Meals Program, Boston
- Among Friends, Newburyport
- Angels Anonymous Inc., Fall River
- Attleboro Area Council of Churches, Attleboro
- Bedford Community Table Pantry, Bedford
- Boston Missionary Baptist Community Center, Inc., Boston
- Centre Street Food Pantry, Boston
- Charity Guild Food Pantry, Brockton
- Citizens Inn/Haven from Hunger Pantry and Meals, Peabody
- Community Workshops Inc. Mobile Market, Boston
- Duxbury Lion’s Share Food Pantry, Duxbury
- Dwelling House of Hope, Lowell
- East End House Pantry, Boston
- Food for Free, Cambridge
- Franklin Food Pantry, Franklin
- Freedom Hill Community Church Pantry, Malden
- Hockomock Area YMCA, North Attleboro
- Holbrook Ecumenical Food Pantry, Holbrook
- Island Food Pantry, Martha’s Vineyard
- La Colaborativa, Chelsea
- My Brother’s Table, Lynn
- Mystic Community Market, Medford
- Neighbors In Need, Lynn
- Neponset Health Center Food Pantry, Boston
- New Healthy Mass, Newton
- Open Table Food Pantry, Maynard
- Our Daily Bread, Mansfield
- P.A.C.E. Community Food Center, New Bedford
- Pentecostal Assembly, New Bedford
- Plymouth Coalition for the Homeless, Inc., Plymouth
- Rosie’s Place/Pantry, Boston
- Sacred Heart Food Pantry, Middleborough
- Salem Pantry, Salem
- Salvation Army/Haverhill Food Pantry and Soup Kitchen, Haverhill
- Salvation Army/Plymouth Pantry, Plymouth
- Somerville Hispanic Association for Community Development, Somerville
- Somerville Homeless Coalition/Project SOUP, Somerville
- St. Lawrence Parish Food Pantry, New Bedford
- The Family Pantry of Cape Cod Corp., Harwich
- United Way of Tri-County/Pearl Street Cupboard and Café, Framingham
- Wakefield Food Pantry, Wakefield
- Walpole Community Food Pantry, Walpole
- Wellspring Multi-Service Pantry, Hull
- Weymouth Food Pantry, Weymouth
2023
Read more about the 2023 Community Investment Grants
- Acton Community Supper and Food Pantry, Acton
- Berea Church Pantry, Dorchester
- Boston Missionary Baptist Community Center, Roxbury
- Brockton Boys and Girls Club, Brockton
- Canton Area Helpline, Canton
- Catholic Charities – Yawkey Center, Dorchester
- CEOC Food Pantry, Cambridge
- Codman Square Health Center, Dorchester
- Dwelling House of Hope, Lowell
- First Congregational Church Pantry, Revere
- Haitian Christian Social Union of New England, Inc., Randolph
- Healthy Waltham, Inc, Waltham
- HHS/Neponset Health Center Food Pantry, Dorchester
- Holbrook Ecumenical Food Pantry, Holbrook
- Interfaith Social Services, Quincy
- Island Food Pantry, Oak Bluffs
- La Colaborativa, Chelsea
- Natick Service Council Food Pantry, Natick
- North Taunton Food Pantry Outreach, Taunton
- Medway Food Pantry, Medway
- Medway Village Church Food Pantry, Medway
- My Brother’s Keeper Food Pantry, Easton
- Open Table Food Pantry & Community Meal, Maynard
- Pilgrim Church Food Pantry, Dorchester
- People Helping People, Burlington
- Peoples Baptist Church, Roxbury
- Project Just Because, Hopkinton
- Salvation Army Chelsea Pantry, Chelsea
- Salvation Army South End Food Pantry, Boston
- Somerville Hispanic Association for Community Development, Somerville
- The Salem Pantry, Salem
- USCC/Christ the King, Mashpee
- Wakefield Food Pantry, Wakefield
- Walpole Community Food Pantry, Walpole
- West End House Boys & Girls Club, Allston
- Weymouth Food Pantry, Weymouth
- YMCA of Greater Boston, Boston
- YMCA/Germantown Neighborhood Food Pantry, Quincy
2022
Read more about the 2022 Community Investment Grants
- A Place to Turn, NatickBedford Community Table Pantry, Bedford
- Billerica Food Pantry, Billerica
- Boston Missionary Baptist Community Center, Inc., Boston*
- Centre Street Food Pantry, Newton*
- Charity Guild Food Pantry, Brockton
- Franklin Food Pantry, Franklin
- Hockomock Area YMCA, North Attleboro
- MGH Revere HealthCare Center, Revere
- NIC/Nantucket Emergency Food Pantry, Nantucket
- Old Colony YMCA, Stoughton*
- Our Daily Bread, Taunton
- P.A.C.E. Inc./Emergency Food Pantry, New Bedford
- Project Just Because, Hopkinton
- Rose’s Bounty, West Roxbury
- Rosie’s Place/Pantry, Boston
- Selah Day Resource Center, Chelsea
- USCC/Christ the King, Mashpee
- Veteran’s Assoc. of Bristol County, Inc., Fall River
- Voice of Tabernacle Multiservice Center, Mattapan
- Wellspring Multi-Service Pantry, Hull
- YMCA of Greater Boston, Boston
2021
Read more about the 2021 Community Investment Grants
- American Red Cross DBA Arc Pantry, Boston
- Angels Anonymous Inc., Fall River
- Boys and Girls Club, Brockton
- Brockton SDA Food Pantry, Brockton
- Common Ground Café, Haverhill
- Dedham Food Pantry, Dedham
- Family Pantry Damien’s Place, Wareham *
- First Baptist Church, Jamaica Plain
- Food For Free, Cambridge
- GGWO/Grace Ministries, Everett
- Good Hope Inc., Lynnfield
- Greater Boston Nazarene Compassionate Center, Mattapan
- Holbrook Ecumenical Food Pantry, Holbrook *
- Interfaith Social Services, Quincy *
- JFCS Family Table, Marblehead
- La Colaborativa, Chelsea
- Loaves & Fishes Pantry, Devens
- Mass Military Support Foundation, Falmouth
- Medfield Food Cupboard, Medfield
- Mystic Community Market, Medford
- Nam Vets Assoc. Cape & Islands Food Pantry, Hyannis
- Neighbors In Need, Lawrence
- Open Table Food Pantry, Maynard
- Pilgrim Church Food Pantry, Dorchester
- Rose’s Bounty, West Roxbury *
- Salem Pantry, Salem
- Salvation Army/Chelsea Pantry, Chelsea *
- Selah Day Resource Center, Chelsea
- South Boston Community Health Center, South Boston
- St. Anthony of Padua Food Pantry, New Bedford
- St. Stephen’s Food Pantry, Lynn
- SVDP/ Sacred Heart Food Pantry, Middleborough
- SVDP/Taunton, Taunton
- The Family Pantry of Cape Cod Corp., Harwich *
- The Open Door/Meals Program, Gloucester *
- United Way of Tri-County/Pearl Street Cupboard, Framingham
- USCC/Christ the King, Mashpee
- Walpole Community Food Pantry, Walpole
- YMCA of Greater Boston, Boston
2020
In 2020, in lieu of the annual capacity-building grant program, GBFB pivoted in response to the pandemic to provide $1 million in emergency funds in the form of unrestricted grants to help all member hunger-relief organizations stay open and actively serving their communities.*
2018
Read more about the 2018 Community Investment Grants
- First Congregational Church Pantry, Revere
- Greater Fall River Food Pantry, Fall River
- JFCS Family Table, Waltham
- MVCL/Serving Hands, Vineyard Haven
- FUMC/Five Loaves and Two Little Fishes, Saugus
- Arlington Food Pantry, Arlington
- FBMS-MainSpring House, Brockton
- Haley House Food Pantry, Boston
- Self Help Attleboro, Attleboro
- Salvation Army/Kroc Ctr Emerg Food Pantry, Dorchester
- YMCA/Germantown Neighborhood Food Pantry, Quincy
- Wakefield Food Pantry, Wakefield
- Elizabeth Peabody House Food Pantry, Somerville
- Salvation Army/Attleboro Food Pantry, Attleboro
- CCAB/ Lowell Food Pantry, Lowell
- EMARC Food Pantry, Wakefield
- Open Table Food Pantry, Maynard
- SVDP/Food Supplement Program of Lincoln, Lincoln
- Open Pantry of Greater Lowell, Lowell
- Franklin Food Pantry, Franklin
- PACH Outreach, Pepperell
- Project Just Because, Hopkinton
- Good Shepherd Parish Backpack, Vineyard Haven
- The Open Door Food Pantry, Gloucester
- Falmouth Service Center Food Pantry, Falmouth
- Project Uplift of Union Baptist, Cambridge
- Dedham Food Pantry, Dedham
- Maynard Food Pantry, Maynard
- The Family Pantry of Cape Cod Corp., Harwich
- SHA4CD, Somerville
- Hanson Food Pantry Inc., Hanson
- Boston Dream Center, Boston
- YMCA/Malden, Malden
- Margaret Fuller House Food Pantry, Cambridge
2017
Read more about the 2017 Community Investment Grants
- YMCA/Germantown Neighborhood Food Pantry, Quincy
- UUC/First Parish Church of Newbury Community Food Pantry, Newbury
- Stow Food Pantry, Stow
- Boston Dream Center, Boston
- ABCD/Allston Brighton, Brighton
- Burlington Food Pantry, Burlington
- Boys and Girls Club Brockton, Brockton
- Plymouth Coalition for the Homeless, Inc, Kingston
- FBMS/Father Bill’s Place, Quincy
- AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod, Hyannis
- East End House Pantry, Cambridge
- Open Pantry of Greater Lowell, Lowell
- Dedham Food Pantry, Dedham
- SVDP/ Sacred Heart Food Pantry, Middleborough
- Beverly Bootstraps Food Pantry, Beverly
- Neighbors In Need, Andover
- Interfaith Social Services, Inc., Quincy
- Weymouth Council for the Hungry, Rockland
- Yarmouth Food Pantry, S. Yarmouth
- Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Food Pantry, Plymouth
- Islamic Multi Service Organization, Roxbury
- Marshfield Food Pantry, Marshfield
- Natick Service Council Food Pantry, Natick
- Catholic Social Services/New Bedford, New Bedford
- SVDP/Taunton, Taunton
- Loaves & Fishes Pantry, Devens
- Open Table Concord Food Pantry, Concord
- UWTC/Pearl Street Cupboard, Framingham
- Wellspring Multi-Service Pantry, Hull
2016
Read more about the 2016 Community Investment Grants
- Charity Guild Food Pantry, Brockton
- Open Pantry of Greater Lowell, Lowell
- Salvation Army/Quincy Food Pantry, Quincy
- Arlington Food Pantry, Arlington
- ABCD/South End Neighborhood Action Prgrm, Roxbury
- St. Blaise / Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry, Bellingham
- LCOC / Wellfleet Pantry, Wellfleet
- Woburn Council of Social Concern, Woburn
- Cape Cod Council of Churches, West Harwich
- American Red Cross/Mobile Market, Boston
- Natick Service Council Food Pantry, Natick
- Boston Missionary Baptist Community Center, Inc, Roxbury
- Food for Free, Cambridge
- MHSA/Bristol Lodge Pantry, Waltham
- GFRCSK/Church of the Holy Spirit, Fall River
- Soup Kitchen In Provincetown, Inc., Provincetown
- The Open Door Food Pantry, Gloucester
- CCAB/Yawkey Center, Dorchester
- CCAB/ Lowell Food Pantry, Lowell
- Mashpee Wampanoag ITC Food Pantry, Mashpee
- Pilgrim Church Community Lunch, Dorchester
- Our Daily Bread, Taunton
- Open Hearts Ministries, Inc., Haverhill
- Yarmouth Food Pantry, S. Yarmouth
- Good Hope Inc, Lynnfield
- Interfaith Social Services, Inc., Quincy
- Acton Community Supper and Food Pantry, Boxborough
- Rehoboth Baptist Church of Boston, Canton
- The Family Pantry of Cape Cod Corp., Harwich
2015
Read more about the 2015 Community Investment Grants
- My Brother’s Keeper Food Pantry South, Easton
- Interfaith Social Services, Inc., Quincy
- Hanson Food Pantry Inc., Hanson
- TLCMS/Mount Calvary Community Supper, Acton
- Centre Street Food Pantry, Newton
- ABCD/Jamaica Plain Pantry, Jamaica Plain
- Freedom Hill Community Church Pantry, Malden
- United Parish Food Pantry, Saugus
- St Bonaventure Parish-Fund for the Needy, Manomet
- Canton Area Helpline, Inc., Canton
- ABCD/Allston Brighton, Brighton
- Natick Service Council Food Pantry, Natick
- Haley House Soup Kitchen, Boston
- Soup Kitchen In Provincetown, Inc., Provincetown
- HOPE worldwide LTD, Framingham
- Townsend Ecumenical Outreach, Townsend
- NTBC/Reaching Out, Taunton
- Arlington Food Pantry, Arlington
- A Place to Turn, Natick
- Dedham Food Pantry, Dedham
- Yarmouth Food Pantry, S. Yarmouth
- The Open Door Food Pantry, Gloucester
- FBMS-MainSpring House, Brockton
- VVW/ N.E. Center for Homeless Veterans, Boston
- Weymouth Council for the Hungry, Rockland
- PECUSA/ Winthrop Community Food Pantry, Winthrop
- Our Daily Bread, Taunton
- Our Neighbors’ Table/Meals, Amesbury
- Salvation Army/Plymouth Pantry, Plymouth
- Greater Boston Nazarene Compassion. Ctr., Mattapan
- Franklin Food Pantry, Franklin
- Wellspring Multi-Service Pantry, Hull
- CI/Haven From Hunger Meals, Peabody
2014
Read more about the 2014 Community Investment Grants
- Charity Guild Food Pantry, Brockton
- St Bonaventure Parish-Fund for the Needy, Manomet
- Joyful Ladle, Haverhill
- Greater Fall River Food Pantry, Fall River
- ABCD N. End/W.End Pantry, Boston
- Natick Service Council Food Pantry, Natick
- BMC/ ELAHP, Boston
- Salem Pantry, Salem
- Our Neighbors’ Table/Pantry, Amesbury
- JFCS Family Table, Waltham
- BCHS/Kit Clark Senior Services Pantry, Dorchester
- Codman Square Health Center, Dorchester
- Interfaith Social Services, Inc., Quincy
- APAC / Allston-Brighton, Allston
- MHSA/Bristol Lodge Pantry, Waltham
- American Red Cross/Boston Pantry, Boston
- Margaret Fuller House Food Pantry, Cambridge
- Franklin Food Pantry, Franklin
- Islamic Multi Service Organization, Roxbury
- Hanson Food Pantry Inc., Hanson
- UWTC/Pearl Street Cupboard, Framingham
- CI/Haven From Hunger Pantry, Peabody
- The Open Door Food Pantry, Gloucester
- Family Pantry Damien’s Place, East Wareham
- Braintree Community Food Pantry, Braintree
- Greater Boston Nazarene Compassion. Ctr., Mattapan
2013
Read more about the 2013 Community Investment Grants
- CCAB/ Lowell Food Pantry, Lowell
- A Place to Turn, Natick
- Natick Service Council Food Pantry, Natick
- Interfaith Social Services, Inc., Quincy
- TFPCC/CC Comm. College, West Barnstable
- Beverly Bootstraps Food Pantry, Beverly
- Quincy Community Action/ Emerg Food Ctr, Quincy
- Acton Community Supper and Food Pantry, Boxborough
- UWTC/ Marlborough Community Cupboard, Marlborough
- UWTC/Pearl Street Cafe, Framingham
- Hanson Food Pantry Inc., Hanson
- Open Table Food Pantry, Maynard
- A Better Tomorrow, Everett
