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Causes: Public & Societal Benefit
Mission: To distribute funds to charities serving local communities.
Programs: Based in silicon valley, second harvest food bank of santa clara and san mateo counties is one of the largest food banks in the nation. Currently providing food to more than one quarter of a million people every month, second harvest is a trusted community-based organization that was founded in 1974. In fiscal year 2017 (july 2016 - june 2017), they distributed more than one million pounds of nutritious food each week to low-income people in need in every zip code of their service area from daly city to gilroy, and from the ocean to the bay. They provide food efficiently through our innovative direct-service programs (see below) and by collaborating with a network of 300 partner non-profit agencies operating at 905 different food distribution sites. Partner agencies include shelters, pantries, soup kitchens, children's programs, senior meal sites, and residential programs. Throughout the fiscal year, volunteers contributed more than 338,000 hours of service valued at nearly $7. 1 million, the equivalent of 163 full-time employees.