How We Work

Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley provides food in 3 counties: Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull County. We do not distribute food directly from our facility, but we operate a number of public food distributions through our member agencies and Mobile Pantry.

The Food Bank serves as a storehouse for large quantities of donated food and USDA commodities that are distributed daily to 160 hunger-relief organizations and programs located throughout our tri-county service area. These partners include church pantries, homeless shelters and meal sites, shelters for battered women, school pantries and after-school programs.  All member agencies must hold a 501(c)(3) designation from the IRS and have feeding hungry people as a major component of their program. 

The Food Bank relies heavily on the generous support of volunteers from the community. Volunteers gave 10,624 hours of service in 2023. In addition to volunteer support, the Food Bank is supported financially by individuals, companies, grants, foundations and the United Way. We are also the recipient of in-kind services from several local businesses.