WHY YOUR
Donation Matters
In 2020, we provided over 1 million meals to feed hungry families, children, seniors, veterans, students, and disabled individuals in our Bay Area community, and we’re ready to keep the momentum going with your support. In 2023, we will serve over 1.6 million meals.
If you’d like to support Loaves & Fishes in our mission to provide hot and nutritious prepared meals throughout Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, you can do so in any of the following ways.
Whichever way you choose to give, you are giving someone hope today.
Donation Options
PLANNED GIVING
You can help secure our legacy of service! Simply include Loaves & Fishes Family Kitchen in your will. Your commitment will help us combat food insecurity in the Bay area today and help provide hot and nutritious prepared meals tomorrow and into the future!
Contact: justin@loavesfishes.org
DONOR ADVISED FUNDS
A donor-advised fund (DAF) is a type of giving program that allows you to combine the most favorable tax benefits with the flexibility to easily support your favorite charities. An increasingly popular charitable vehicle, DAFs are an excellent way to simplify your charitable giving and facilitate your strategic philanthropic goals.
Contact: justin@loavesfishes.org
EMPLOYER MATCHING
Your support of Loaves & Fishes helps us feed the hungry in our Bay Area community and meet the ever-increasing need. It may be possible for you to have your company match your gift to Loaves & Fishes - and double the impact of your gift!
Contact: justin@loavesfishes.org
IN HONOR / MEMORIAM
You can make a tax-deductible donation to Loaves & Fishes as a gift to honor someone you know or in their memory. Your recipient, or their loved ones, will be notified of the donation with a beautiful card mailed directly to them.
Contact: justin@loavesfishes.org
STOCK DONATION
Loaves & Fishes Family Kitchen of San Jose is managed efficiently and cost-effectively, which means more of your donation dollars go directly to feeding hungry individuals in our Bay Area community. Loaves & Fishes is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation. All contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.
Contact: justin@loavesfishes.org
VOLUNTEER MATCHING
Many companies will match an employee’s volunteer time with a financial donation. Companies either provide a set hourly rate for time volunteered or a grant once an hourly goal is met. Contact your Human Resources or Community Relations department to find out if your company provides matching volunteer grants.
Contact: justin@loavesfishes.org
If you’d like to make a one-time or recurring donation, you can do that as well.
“As a food industry executive, I appreciate the efficiency in which Loaves & Fishes prepares and distributes their nutritious prepared meals to our neighbors in need.”
