Houston Food Bank

Houston Food Bank distributes food and other essentials across 18 counties in southeast Texas through a network of more than 1,600 community partners. Kinder Foundation has supported Houston Food Bank in times of significant need since 2019.

In February 2021, Kinder Foundation donated $1 million to the Houston Food Bank to help families who were significantly affected by Winter Storm Uri. The 3-to-1 matching grant was to be used for immediate needs following the catastrophic impact of the arctic freeze.

In 2020, Kinder Foundation made a crucial donation of $1 million to Houston Food Bank to assist with the monumental task of feeding Houstonians impacted by COVID-19. For each $1 received, the Houston Food Bank provided three meals to the community, meaning the Foundation’s grant supplied three million meals during this critical time.

In 2013, the Foundation donated $1 million to the Houston Food Bank to support the Backpack Buddy program, the largest single donation that the program had received to date. Many children who rely on free or reduced-price lunches during the school year go home to meager or no meals on weekends. Launched in 2006, the Houston Food Bank’s Backpack Buddy program works to fill that gap.

In 2008, the Houston Food Bank launched a $55 million capital campaign to move to a larger facility that would allow it to distribute 100% more food to hungry families in the Houston area. Kinder Foundation stepped up in 2009 with a $1 million donation to fund the Portwall Facility’s Repack Room, which improved the Food Bank’s capacity to help hungry families by serving as a place for volunteers to repack bulk items into smaller-sized quantities for distribution.

Information on page is current as of August 22, 2025. Lifetime gift total of $4,001,250 may include other gifts not mentioned above.

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