Tackling Food Insecurity
Throughout the country, millions of individuals and families face hunger every day. The Venable Foundation supports organizations on the front lines of expanding access to nutritious food, strengthening community food systems, and addressing the root causes of hunger. We're highlighting several grantee partners working across the country to ensure individuals and families have reliable access to the food they need to live healthy lives.
Spotlight: Moveable Feast
In 2025, the Venable Foundation gave $15,000 in grants to Moveable Feast, a Baltimore-based organization that has been working for nearly 40 years to support Marylanders who are living at the intersection of food insecurity and chronic illness.
Moveable Feast was originally founded in the late 1980s to serve those with HIV/AIDS by preparing medically tailored meals that address both nutritional and healthcare needs. Since then, the organization has expanded to serve individuals throughout Maryland with a range of chronic illnesses.
The Venable Foundation has provided funding for Moveable Feast since 2011. "We really consider ourselves so fortunate to have Venable in our corner because of your support for our home-delivered meal program," said Jeff Katz, director of community engagement and development. "We have seen that program grow in terms of both client numbers and meals over the past few years, thanks to the support of partners like Venable."
In 2025, Moveable Feast served over 427,000 home-delivered meals to 2,304 clients. "In the current landscape, where there's a lot of public funding instability, private support is more important than ever," Katz said. "To know that we have organizations like Venable that we can come to, year after year, is huge. We have a whole lot of gratitude that Venable is a partner of ours."
Featured Venable Foundation Grantees
Hollywood Food Coalition provides community members with a healthy meal each night, as well as access to clothing, hygiene items, housing assistance, and other necessities. Their team also coordinates the daily distribution of thousands of pounds of food donations from Los Angeles County to various nonprofit partners. Funding from the Venable Foundation helps the Hollywood Food Coalition target food insecurity at the source.
Food & Friends prepares and delivers free meals and groceries to individuals with cancer, HIV/AIDS, and other serious illnesses in the Washington, DC area. These meals are tailored specifically to clients' medical needs with help from professional chefs and dieticians. Venable Foundation funding helps Food & Friends as they improve nutrition and quality of life for their clients.
Feeding South Florida is a regional food bank serving nonprofit partners in Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe counties. The organization partners with food pantries, soup kitchens, group homes, and other organizations. With support from the Venable Foundation, Feeding South Florida is the largest provider of emergency food assistance in each county they serve.
The San Francisco-Marin Food Bank has addressed hunger in its community since 1987 through a combination of immediate food distribution and long-term solutions. Venable Foundation funding advances these efforts, helping ensure consistent access to food while addressing systemic drivers of hunger.
Citymeals on Wheels delivers meals to homebound elderly New Yorkers. They provide weekend meals, holiday meals, holiday boxes, emergency meals, emergency food packages, and a mobile food pantry. With support from the Venable Foundation, Citymeals delivered 2.2 million meals in 2025.
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