Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank

The Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank and our North County Food Bank chapter comprise the largest hunger-relief organization in San Diego County. Last year, the Food Bank distributed 44 million pounds of food, and the Food Bank serves, on average, 400,000 people per month in San Diego County.

Through our North County Food Bank chapter and by partnering with over 500 nonprofit partners with feeding programs, the Food Bank provides nutritious food to individuals and families in need in communities throughout San Diego County.

Our mission is to provide nutritious food to people in need, advocate for the hungry, and educate the public about hunger-related issues.

Despite a rebounding economy and record-low unemployment, tens of thousands of families in communities throughout San Diego County continue to struggle with food insecurity and will rely on help from the Food Bank. For many families, it will take a long time to fully recover from the financial impacts of the pandemic. 

Currently, the families we serve are facing a number of challenges including: unpaid rent, high household debt acquired during the pandemic to make ends meet, soaring inflation, and San Diego County’s high cost of living for low-wage workers which was a widespread problem prior to the pandemic.

In addition, the country is facing what experts are calling the “Federal Food Cliff” with the expiration of increased federal COVID emergency SNAP (Food Stamps) benefits. The reduction in SNAP benefits is significant, and in some cases, households lost hundreds of dollars in monthly SNAP benefits which is adding more demand to the Food Bank’s services.