Give | Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina
Individual Giving
Right now, one in seven people in central and eastern North Carolina don’t have enough to eat. Your tax-deductible gift helps provide food and hope to families, children, and seniors right here in our community. Together, we can help people in our community during their greatest time of need. Every $10 you donate provides 30 meals!
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Corporate & Community Giving
Support from businesses, foundations, and community-based organizations is vital to our vision for a future where no one goes hungry. Your investment can be designated to the focus area of your choice and may entitle your organization to recognition opportunities, unique volunteer experiences, and other special benefits.
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Food Drives & Individuals
We welcome community donations of factory-sealed non-perishable products and beverages, refrigerated or frozen items and produce, and non-food essentials such as hygiene items, cleaning items, or paper products.

Learn everything you need to know (including locations, business hours, and most needed items) to host a food drive or donate individually.
Donate Food
Food Industry Donations
Thanks to longtime agriculture and food industry paratnerships, we're able provide a variety of nutritious, high-demand items to local families year-round.

Our facilities are equipped to receive and process donations at any scale. And we work with hundreds of growers, producers, manufacturers, retailers, and more to support families facing hunger and reduce food waste along the way. If you're in the food industry and have surplus or "unsellable" product on hand, we want to hear from you!
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Amplify Your Impact as a Community
Working with our incredible partners at PORCH Communities, neighbors can come together for a monthly collection of nonperishable goods that support nearby pantries and no-cost markets. It's as easy as choosing a date for your neighborhood to set out donations for collection!
Get Started with PORCH
Host a Virtual Food Drive
Want to make an immediate difference? Online drives with friends and colleagues help us purchase the exact products local pantries and meal sites need. Every $1 raised provides 3 meals for families in our area!
Start Your Drive
Volunteer with the Food Bank Network
Volunteers are the heart and soul of our work at the Food Bank. Whether you’re an individual supporter or represent a large group, there are a host of opportunities to help bring us closer to a future where no one goes hungry — no matter where we live, where we’re from, or the color of our skin.
Volunteer Opportunities
Join Our Young Professionals Council
The Council brings together community members age 21-40 to raise awareness of rising hunger in our region — and efforts to meet these challenges head-on. Join a community that makes a difference and grows together!
Get Involved or Refer A Friend
Advocate for A Hunger-free Future
Alongside efforts to meet the rising demand for food assistance, we work to connect communities to build long-term solutions to hunger. Our non-partisan advocacy efforts push for public policies and investments that help us move closer to a future where no one goes hungry.
Make Your Voice Heard
Give Online
Right now, one in seven people in central and eastern North Carolina don’t have enough to eat. Your tax-deductible gift helps provide food and hope to families, children, and seniors right here in our community.
Donate Now
Give by Mail
If you'd prefer to send your gift by mail, please send checks to our Raleigh headquarters.
Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina
Attention: Donations
1924 Capital Boulevard
Raleigh, NC 27604
Please be aware that our branches only accept packages
during regular business hours
. For direct recipient contact information, please list
DonorServices@FoodBankCENC.org
or 919.875.0707 ext 5.
Give by Donor Advised Fund
Give through your donor advised fund (DAF) to make a difference in the lives of neighbors in central and eastern North Carolina.
Akin to a charitable savings account, a DAF gives you the flexibility to recommend how much and how often money is granted to the Food Bank and other qualified charities.
You can recommend a grant or recurring grants to support our hunger relief programs and initiatives to make an immediate impact.
Or use your fund as a tool for future charitable gifts. If you include the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina in your plans, please use our legal name and federal tax ID.
Legal Name:
Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina
1924 Capital Blvd, Raleigh, NC 27604
Federal Tax ID:
#56-1283426
Give Stock
Step 1: Give this information to your brokerage firm to initiate a transfer:
Food Bank Account #: 773-111-614-011
Food Bank Depository Trust # (DTC): 0015
Food Bank Brokerage Firm:
The Capstone Group at Morgan Stanley
Joel Rundle, Portfolio Associate 919.877.2424
Step 2: Once the transfer is initiated,
fill out this form
and email to:
DonorServices@FoodBankCENC.org
or mail to:
Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina
Attention: Donations
1924 Capital Boulevard
Raleigh, NC 27604
Workplace Giving
Maximize the impact of your donation with your company's matching gift program. See if your employer will match your donation and unleash the power of your generosity today.
View Employer Match Options
Planned & Legacy Giving
Learn how you can nourish our communities by creating a legacy that will support the Food Bank’s work until no one goes hungry.
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Give Monthly
By setting up an automatic monthly gift, you’re sustaining the Food Bank as a trusted resource to neighbors who need it most.
Become A Sustainer
Give in Honor
Honor A Loved One: Your donation can have personal impact too, when you make a gift in honor or in memory of a friend or loved one.
Honor A Loved One
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Donate Cryptocurrency
Through our partners at
The Giving Block
, the Food Bank  accepts cryptocurrencies as gifts, subject to several conditions, including:
- The donor shall acknowledge and confirm that the gifted cryptocurrency comes from the donor’s personal wallet and not from a third party.
- The donor agrees that to the best of his or her knowledge, the cryptocurrency being gifted is not derived from unlawful sources of activities.
- All contributed cryptocurrencies will be sold as promptly as possible.
- Unless otherwise predetermined, the value of the gift of the cryptocurrency shall be the same methodology as that of fair-value marketable securities.
Should these conditions be met, cryptocurrency gifts may be accepted to fund any and all charitable activities.
Donate via Giving Block
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Give Back While You Shop
With the
RoundUp app
, you can make a difference with many of your everyday online purchases — just like rounding up at the grocery store.
'RoundUp' for Good
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