Loaves & Fishes Family Kitchen
Non-profit OrganizationsCalifornia, United States11-50 Employees
Loaves & Fishes Family Kitchen is a Bay Area nonprofit organization dedicated to providing hot, nutritious prepared meals to hungry families, children, seniors, veterans, students, and disabled individuals. The operation emphasizes accessibility and dignity, serving a broad network of over 74 agency partners to supply meals at more than 135 locations, including meal sites, senior centers, shelters, community centers, and schools in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. Based in San Jose, California, the organization runs two centralized kitchens and maintains a fleet of delivery and food-recovery trucks to support meal distribution across the region. A key expansion in its portfolio is the A La Carte program, which collects surplus prepared food from various sources for no-cost delivery to communities in need, with the aim of increasing annual meal capacity. The organization highlights partnerships with educational and community institutions and has engaged in recent collaborations to extend its reach, including a partnership announced with St Ignatius in January 2024 and other campus-based partnerships in prior years. Loaves & Fishes operates within the nonprofit sector focused on food security and hunger relief in the Bay Area.