Leftover Love

What Leftover Love does

Leftover Love, Inc. is a Baltimore-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates a volunteer-driven food rescue operation, redirecting surplus wholesome food from local businesses (restaurants, bakeries, bagel shops, cafes) to food-insecure individuals and community-serving nonprofits in the Baltimore metropolitan area. Since its founding around 2024 by Omar Tarabishi and Anie Jamgochian Tarabishi, the organization has distributed over 215,512 pounds of rescued food through partnerships with roughly two-dozen donor businesses and a comparable set of recipient organizations, including Baltimore Station, Helping Up Mission, Enoch Pratt Free Library, and the Bmore Community Fridge Network.

The organization's operational backbone is a custom technology platform built on Google Firebase, comprising a Volunteer Portal and an Admin Portal. Volunteers authenticate (email/password or Google sign-in), view and accept food rescue trip assignments, upload delivery media, and submit mileage/expense reimbursements; administrators manage volunteer profiles, trip scheduling, donor and recipient data, and reimbursement approvals. Google Maps Platform integrations (Places, Distance Matrix, and Directions APIs) provide address autocomplete and route optimization for trip assignments. Supporting infrastructure includes Netlify for web hosting, Resend for transactional email, Sentry for error monitoring and audit logging, Upstash Redis for API rate limiting, and Givebutter for donation processing.

Leftover Love's business model is donation-funded: food rescue services are provided free of charge to both donors and recipients, and the organization is sustained by charitable donations (processed via Givebutter), volunteer labor, and grants. The only disclosed funding event is a $5,000 grant from the Baltimore Community Foundation in June 2024. The organization also operates a summer educational program, the Summer Youth Food Rescue Program 2026, which introduces youth participants to food rescue operations via field trips. Headcount is reported in the 1-10 range, and a five-person Board of Directors provides governance. Operations are single-region, confined to the Baltimore metro area.

Name

Leftover Love

Legal name

Leftover Love, Inc.

Website

https://leftoverloveinc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Leftover Love is a Baltimore-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that rescues surplus food from local restaurants and bakeries and redistributes it to food-insecure residents and community-serving organizations via a volunteer-driven, Firebase-coordinated logistics operation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Baltimore

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donations: The organization accepts charitable donations from individuals to support food rescue operations and community programs

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Leftover Love is a Baltimore-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that rescues surplus wholesome food at the end of the business day from local restaurants, bakeries, cafes, stadiums, and food retailers, and redistributes it to food-insecure community members through partner organizations and community fridges. Operations are coordinated via a Firebase-based volunteer and admin portal that assigns pickup trips to volunteer drivers using personal vehicles. The organization also runs youth education programs around food rescue and waste.

Product overview

Leftover Love operates a food rescue platform comprising two connected web portals—the Volunteer Portal and the Admin Portal—that coordinate the collection and distribution of surplus food from local businesses to community members in need. The Volunteer Portal enables volunteers to sign up, receive trip assignments, track deliveries, and submit reimbursements, while the Admin Portal provides staff with tools to manage operations, volunteer coordination, and partner logistics. The organization also runs the Summer Youth Food Rescue Program 2026, an educational initiative that introduces youth to food rescue activities. All platforms are built on Firebase infrastructure with Google Maps integration for routing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Food Rescue and Redistribution Service
• Summer Youth Food Rescue Program 2026

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

25 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Baltimore StationcoreOthersRecipient organization that receives rescued food to support individuals in recovery from addiction and homelessness. Partnership enables Leftover Love to deliver surplus food to those in need through the organization's programs.
• Enoch Pratt Free LibrarycoreOthersBaltimore public library system that partners with Leftover Love to distribute food at their Southeast Anchor Branch location. Serves as pickup/dropoff location for youth program activities and hosts weekly food distribution at Pratt Free Market.
• Panera BreadcoreOthersNational bakery-cafe chain operating in Baltimore that donates surplus bread and baked goods to Leftover Love for redistribution to food-insecure community members.
• Jimmy John's Gourmet SandwichescoreOthersSandwich restaurant chain in Baltimore that provides leftover prepared food for Leftover Love's food rescue operations.
• Helping Up MissioncoreOthersBaltimore-based nonprofit providing comprehensive services to men experiencing homelessness and addiction. Receives rescued food from Leftover Love for meal programs.
• Ovenbird BakerycoreOthersLocal artisan bakery in Highlandtown that donates surplus baked goods to Leftover Love for community distribution.
• Uber Bagels and DelicoreOthersBaltimore bagel shop that provides leftover bagels and deli items for food rescue redistribution.
• THB Bagelry and DelicoreOthersLocust Point bagel shop that partners with Leftover Love to donate surplus food items.
• Good Boy BagelscoreOthersLocal Baltimore bagel business that donates surplus products to Leftover Love's food rescue operations.
• Friends of Great Kids FarmcoreOthersBaltimore urban farm that partners with Leftover Love for food rescue and education programs. Serves as destination for youth program field trips.
• Bmore Community Fridge NetworkcoreOthersCommunity fridge network that receives rescued food from Leftover Love for redistribution through unlocked refrigerator locations accessible to all community members.
• Cafe Dear LeonminorOthersLocal Baltimore cafe that partners with Leftover Love for food donation and community support.
• Friends of The Light HouseminorOthersNonprofit serving homeless youth that receives rescued food from Leftover Love.
• Maranto BakeryminorOthersLocal Baltimore bakery that donates surplus baked goods to Leftover Love.
• Salaam Center - Hope for RefugeesminorOthersNonprofit organization serving refugees that receives rescued food from Leftover Love.
• Broadneck High SchoolminorOthersAnne Arundel County high school that partners with Leftover Love for community engagement and food rescue education.
• Arundel High SchoolminorOthersAnne Arundel County high school partnered with Leftover Love for community service and food rescue awareness.
• William Paca Elementary SchoolminorOthersBaltimore elementary school partner engaged with Leftover Love for community food education.
• FutureThink HubminorOthersInnovation hub partner that supports Leftover Love's community initiatives.
• Hope OutletminorOthersCommunity organization receiving rescued food from Leftover Love.
• Koshary CornerminorOthersLocal Baltimore restaurant that donates surplus food to Leftover Love.
• Naval BagelsminorOthersBaltimore bagel shop donating surplus food to Leftover Love.
• negril - The Jamaican EateryminorOthersLocal Jamaican restaurant donating surplus food to Leftover Love.
• Breath of God Lutheran ChurchminorOthersBaltimore church partner that receives rescued food for community distribution.
• The New Light ChurchminorOthersBaltimore church that partners with Leftover Love for food assistance programs.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Copia: Tech-forward food recovery platform that connects businesses with surplus food to nonprofits in need. Comparable technology-enabled food-rescue focus, but commercial rather than nonprofit.

Direct peers

• 412 Food Rescue: Pittsburgh-based nonprofit that rescues surplus food from businesses and distributes it to communities in need via a volunteer-driven app. Closest operational analog to Leftover Love in mission, model, and geographic-scaling approach.
• Food Rescue US: National nonprofit that connects food donors directly to local agencies via a volunteer-driven platform. Operates the same direct-donation food-rescue model as Leftover Love, but at a national scale.
• Rescuing Leftover Cuisine: Nonprofit that rescues surplus food from restaurants and events for redistribution to people in need. Closely matches Leftover Love's mission and end-of-day restaurant surplus focus.
• City Harvest: New York City's largest food rescue organization, collecting surplus food from businesses and delivering it to communities. Operates the same food-rescue model as Leftover Love at a much larger urban scale.

Regional players

• FoodCloud: Ireland- and UK-based food rescue platform connecting retailers with charities via a tech-enabled matching system. Highly comparable tech-enabled model but operates in a different geography.
• Maryland Food Bank: Regional food bank serving the same state as Leftover Love. Competes for donors and volunteer attention in the Baltimore market while operating a more traditional food-bank model.

Broad incumbents

• Too Good To Go: Global commercial marketplace connecting consumers with surplus food from restaurants and bakeries. Operates in the same surplus-food space as Leftover Love but via a consumer-paid marketplace model.
• Olio: Peer-to-peer and business-to-peer food sharing app that reduces food waste. Comparable mission of food-waste reduction but uses a different distribution and monetization model.
• Feeding America: Largest U.S. hunger-relief nonprofit network. Addresses the same food-insecurity need as Leftover Love but through a traditional food-bank aggregation model rather than direct restaurant-to-community rescue.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/leftoverlove
• Instagraminstagram.com/leftoverloveinc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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