Every Dollar Counts
Help Fight Food Insecurity
Resources to support food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, and other human services organizations meeting increased demand.
Food insecurity remains a serious challenge in our region, and the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties recognizes the importance of ensuring that all residents have access to healthy, reliable food sources.
In 2022, the Community Foundation established the Helpful Harvest Fund to support food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, and other human services organizations meeting increased need during the holiday season and colder months. This September, the Community Foundation proudly awarded over $106,000 in grants to 44 local organizations through the Helpful Harvest Fund.
This support couldn’t come at a more important time, as many families continue to face the challenges of food insecurity. While these grants have provided vital resources to organizations across our region, the need for assistance remains high. Nonprofits continue to step up in remarkable ways to serve and strengthen our community during this busy and demanding season.
Ways to Help
If you’d like to join us in supporting the dedicated nonprofits working directly to address food insecurity within our community, please consider one of the following options.
Option 1: Food Insecurity Giving Guide
The Community Foundation has compiled a guide made up of various food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, and more that are supporting needs in Herkimer and Oneida counties. Through the guide, you can choose to give to one or more of these nonprofits in one simple online transaction. Click here to explore the guide.
If you are looking to send a check or cash, please reach out directly to your organization(s) of choice.
Option 2: Helpful Harvest Fund
Donations to this fund directly support food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters and other human services organizations. Community Foundation staff will disburse any contributions to the fund in a fair and equitable way among eligible nonprofits. Click here to give online to the Helpful Harvest Fund.
If mailing a check, please ensure that Helpful Harvest Fund is denoted. Checks can be mailed to the Community Foundation, 2608 Genesee Street, Utica, NY 13502.
