Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee Inc

Project preserve sales are reported net of allowances for discounts and returns. project preserve sells products primarily to out-of-area agencies in the feeding america network through a proprietary e-commerce website but also sells to partner agencies within the food bank's local area. in fy2024, project preserve began listing products for sale on the feeding america grocery purchasing portal (gpp). those sales continued in fy2025 with 65 product orders generating $2.4 million in sales. another component of project preserve is to provide disaster relief. for the year ending june 30, 2025, project preserve was able to respond to the needs of feeding america network food banks for disaster relief immediately following hurricanes helene and milton by providing nearly 127,000 assembled food boxes (roughly 2.5 million meals) and 24,000 cases of mixed products across several states for a total of $3.4 million in sales. in addition, project preserve fulfilled orders for pre-staged emergency food boxes ($1 million in sales) prior to hurricane season, plus an additional $0.6 million in sales to replenish inventory of emergency food boxes at network food banks, resulting in total combined sales of nearly $5 million in fy2025.

Mobile food programs - the mobile pantry program reaches nearly all of second harvest's 46 counties and is a large-scale, one-day distribution of perishable and non-perishable food to families in need. during the year ended june 30, 2025, more than 4.6 million pounds of food was distributed through this program's 206 events. second harvest operates the commodity supplemental food program (csfp) which works to improve the health of low-income individuals at least 60 years of age by supplementing their diets with nutritious usda foods. in the year ended june 30, 2025, more than 21,000 boxes were distributed to qualified seniors in davidson county.the mobile market brings essential grocery items, like produce, dairy, pantry staples, meat, and eggs, directly to communities most impacted by food insecurity. during the year ended june 30, 2025, the mobile market served more than 67,000 people and distributed over 786,000 pounds of food.

Other program services include:neighbor care pantries (previously known as emergency food box) - the longest-operating program of second harvest provided nearly two million meals during the year ended june 30, 2025. emergency staples, as well as produce, meat, and dairy, are provided to families in need through its satellite centers in davidson county.children's feeding programs - second harvest's children's feeding programs include kids cafe, at risk after school program, summer food service program, school pantry program, and backpack program. kids cafe, at risk after school program, and summer food service program operate a weekly feeding program for children at risk of hunger in several area community centers and provided nearly 86,000 nutritious meals and snacks to children during 2025. the backpack program meets the needs of hungry children by providing them with nutritious and easy-to-prepare food to take home on weekends when other resources are not available. during the year ended june 30, 2025, second harvest distributed over 224,000 backpacks to hungry children. the school pantry program is designed to increase food access for families in need. fifty-six sites were operated during the 2025 fiscal year, providing more than 309,000 meals.