The Greater Boston Food Bank
Civic and Social OrganizationsMassachusetts, United States51-200 Employees
The Greater Boston Food Bank is the largest hunger-relief organization in New England and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. It operates a distribution network that includes more than 600 partner agencies across 190 cities and towns in Eastern Massachusetts, feeding more than 600,000 people and distributing more than 104 million pounds of food annually. About 76% of its food is obtained through financial contributions that finance the procurement of high-nutrient food, and 92 cents of every donated dollar goes to hunger-relief efforts, with more than 27,500 volunteers contributing each year. GBFB coordinates food collection, storage, and distribution through more than 600 partner agencies that include local pantries, shelters, youth programs, senior centers, and day-care centers across Eastern Massachusetts, and also operates programs that serve vulnerable groups directly. Since 2009, GBFB has run the 117,000-square-foot Yawkey Distribution Center in the Newmarket area of Boston to support its operations. In 2026, GBFB announced a partnership with Takeda Pharmaceuticals to launch the Center for Community Health.