The Atlanta Community Food Bank is one of the biggest hunger-relief operations in the country. In fiscal year 2025 it distributed 112 million meals, roughly 10 million pounds of food a month, through nearly 700 partner agencies across 29 counties of metro Atlanta and north Georgia. It is the fourth-largest food bank in the United States by distribution, and in 2023 it gave out its one-billionth meal since opening in 1979. Kyle Waide serves as President and CEO.
The Atlanta Community Food Bank sources food at warehouse scale and distributes it through nearly 700 partner agencies across 29 counties, adding up to 112 million meals in fiscal year 2025. It does not hand food to individuals at its headquarters; it supplies the pantries, shelters, and programs that do. It also runs initiatives that aim at the causes of hunger, including benefits-access and nutrition work.
Kyle Waide serves as President and CEO and has led the Food Bank through a decade of rapid growth, roughly quadrupling its annual output. Notably, before his food-bank career he was a founding member of the team that created Charity Navigator, the charity-rating service, which gives him an unusual background in nonprofit accountability.
The 29-county service area covers metro Atlanta and a wide stretch of north Georgia, from the dense urban core out to suburban and rural counties. Atlanta combines significant wealth with deep pockets of poverty, and roughly one in eight Georgians in the region faces food insecurity. The Food Bank reaches around 700,000 neighbors a year.
Yes. The Atlanta Community Food Bank is a 501(c)(3) and a Feeding America member, and it distributes food worth hundreds of millions of dollars a year against a far smaller operating budget, a reflection of how much of its supply is donated. Donors can review its financials through Charity Navigator and GuideStar.
Donations and volunteer shifts run through acfb.org. The Food Bank runs a large volunteer operation, and cash gifts go furthest because of its scale and purchasing power.
The Atlanta Community Food Bank is the dominant hunger-relief organization in north Georgia and one of the largest in the country. It works alongside the Salvation Army’s Georgia operations and other groups on the broader safety net. For anyone in metro Atlanta or north Georgia, this is the lead food bank to support.
~700 agencies across 29 counties receive food.
School and summer meal support for kids.
Help connecting residents to SNAP and other support.
A focus on healthy food, not only shelf-stable goods.
Sources: Atlanta Community Food Bank website (acfb.org), the organization’s published FY2025 figures, and GuideStar (EIN 58-1376648). We are not affiliated with Atlanta Community Food Bank and receive no compensation for this listing. Spotted an error? [email protected]
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