Connecticut Foodshare is the statewide food bank for Connecticut. It was formed in 2021 from the merger of the Connecticut Food Bank and Foodshare, the two regional food banks that previously split the state. It distributes food through 650 partner agencies plus more than 100 mobile food pantry locations, reaching every corner of Connecticut. Jason Jakubowski serves as President and CEO. The organization is headquartered in Wallingford, with satellite operations in the Hartford area and Bridgeport, and holds a four-star Charity Navigator rating.
Connecticut Foodshare sources food at scale and distributes it statewide through 650 partner agencies and more than 100 mobile food pantry locations. The mobile pantry network is a defining feature: it brings food directly into neighborhoods on a set schedule, which matters in a state where pockets of deep need sit close to some of the wealthiest communities in the country. It also runs benefits-access and nutrition programs aimed at the causes of hunger.
Jason Jakubowski serves as President and CEO and has led Connecticut Foodshare since before the 2021 merger that unified the state’s two regional food banks. A Connecticut native and adjunct public-policy professor, he has been a prominent voice on hunger in the state and has guided the combined organization through the pandemic surge and the federal food-program changes since.
Connecticut Foodshare serves the entire state. Connecticut is the wealthiest state in the country by some measures, which makes its hunger problem easy to overlook: cities like Hartford, Bridgeport, and New Haven carry high food-insecurity rates a short drive from affluent suburbs. The statewide network is built to reach both.
Yes. Connecticut Foodshare is a registered 501(c)(3) and a Feeding America member with a four-star Charity Navigator rating, the highest available. Bulk buying and donated food mean a gift produces many meals.
Donations and volunteer shifts run through ctfoodshare.org. Volunteers sort and pack food and help staff mobile pantries, and cash gifts go furthest because of the food bank’s purchasing power.
Connecticut Foodshare is the single statewide food bank, the result of merging the two organizations that used to divide the state. It works alongside the Salvation Army’s Connecticut operations and other groups on the broader safety net. For anyone in Connecticut, it is the lead food bank to support.
650 agencies receive food across the state.
100+ scheduled locations bringing food into neighborhoods.
Help connecting residents to SNAP and other support.
Targeted distributions for the most vulnerable groups.
Sources: Connecticut Foodshare website (ctfoodshare.org), Charity Navigator (EIN 06-1063025), and MetroHartford Alliance coverage of the 2021 rebrand and merger. We are not affiliated with Connecticut Foodshare and receive no compensation for this listing. Spotted an error? [email protected]
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