Greater Cleveland Food Bank

The Greater Cleveland Food Bank is the largest hunger relief organization in Northeast Ohio. Working with more than 1,000 partner agencies and programs, it provides nutritious food and essential resources across Cuyahoga, Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, Ashland and Richland counties. In fiscal 2025 it served more than 404,000 people and provided over 53 million pounds of food.

It began in 1979 as the Cleveland Foodbank, started by people from the food industry, anti-food-waste advocates and neighbors concerned about hunger, and distributed 400,000 pounds of food in its first year. It took its current name in 2013. Today it works from its Partner Distribution Hub on Coit Road, opened in 2022, and its Community Resource Center on South Waterloo Road. It is a member of Feeding America.