God's Love We Deliver

What God's Love We Deliver does

God's Love We Deliver is a New York City-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1985 by Ganga Stone during the AIDS crisis to provide free, home-delivered, medically tailored meals to people living with serious illness. The organization serves approximately 15,000-17,000 clients annually across all five boroughs with 200+ diagnoses (HIV/AIDS, cancer, heart disease, Parkinson's, and others), delivering 3.7 million meals per year (15,000 daily; 80,000 weekly) at no charge to the recipient. Every client works with an in-house Registered Dietitian Nutritionist who designs a personalized menu, with unlimited nutrition education and counseling included, plus ancillary touches such as individualized birthday cakes and service to whole households including children and caregivers.

The core operations consist of three kitchen/distribution facilities: the Michael Kors Building in SoHo (Manhattan, headquarters since 2015), the Northern Dispensary in the West Village (opened September 2022), and the new 30,000-square-foot Liberty BKLYN distribution center in Sunset Park, Brooklyn (ribbon-cutting January 2026), supported by a fleet of ~20 refrigerated delivery vans. The 'product' is fundamentally a service - clinically specified nutrition - rather than a packaged good, and the underlying 'platform' is built on dietitian-led menu design, volunteer-driven meal preparation, and a just-in-time cold-chain delivery operation.

Revenue is diversified across individual donors (65% of total funding, ranging from $30/month Kitchen Table subscriptions to $1,000+ Golden Heart Society major gifts and Legacy Society planned giving), signature fundraising events (Love Rocks NYC at Beacon Theatre has generated $65M over 10 years; also Golden Heart Awards, Midsummer Night Drinks, God's Love Open, Race to Deliver), corporate and foundation grants (Bloomberg Philanthropies, Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation, Bank of America, Michael Kors, and many others), and a growing line of healthcare reimbursements through New York's 1115 Waiver Social Care Networks. The 40 FORWARD capital campaign targets $40M for capacity expansion (~60% raised as of early 2026) intended to lift annual meal output from ~4M to 6.5M.

Name

God's Love We Deliver

Legal name

God's Love We Deliver Inc.

Website

https://glwd.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

God's Love We Deliver is a New York City nonprofit that cooks and home-delivers free, medically tailored meals designed by Registered Dietitian Nutritionists to ~17,000 New Yorkers annually living with serious illnesses such as HIV/AIDS, cancer, heart, and Parkinson's disease.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medically Tailored Meal Services

NAICS

Community Food Services (62421), Food Service Contractors (72231)

SIC

Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Prepared Meal Delivery (Fresh, Ready-to-Heat) (CRAHAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Meal Preparation, Nutrition Support & Feeding Assistance (HLADAGAD), Prepared Meal Subscriptions (Chef-Prepared, Recurring) (CRAHAJAD)

Keywords

• Medically tailored meals
• Home-delivered meals
• Nutrition counseling services
• Nonprofit meal delivery
• Food as medicine

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Individual donors contribute through one-time gifts, monthly giving (Kitchen Table program starting at $30/month), major gifts ($1,000+ Golden Heart Society), and planned giving (bequests, retirement assets, charitable remainder trusts). Individual contributions account for 65% of total funding.
2. Special Events: Revenue from signature events including Love Rocks NYC benefit concert, Golden Heart Awards gala, Midsummer Night Drinks, God's Love Open, and Race to Deliver. Love Rocks NYC alone has raised $65 million over 10 years.
3. Corporate and Foundation Partnerships: Corporate sponsors, foundation grants, and matching gift programs. Major partners include Bloomberg Philanthropies, Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation, Michael Kors, Bank of America, Delta Air Lines, and many others listed across multiple giving levels.
4. Healthcare Reimbursements: Partnerships with health plans and participation in New York's 1115 Waiver allow for reimbursements through Social Care Networks. The organization has improved client onboarding and billing processes for faster reimbursements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

God's Love We Deliver cooks and home-delivers medically tailored meals designed by Registered Dietitian Nutritionists to New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS, cancer, heart disease, and over 200 other serious illnesses. Each client receives a personalized menu with unlimited nutrition education and counseling, and all services are provided free of charge regardless of income, with no waitlist and next-day delivery. The organization also serves all children and caregivers in the client's household and operates as the largest provider of medically tailored meals in New York City.

Product overview

God's Love We Deliver is a nonprofit organization providing medically tailored meals and comprehensive nutrition care. The organization operates a single unified service offering centered on its core medically tailored meal program, where Registered Dietitian Nutritionists design personalized menus for clients affected by serious illnesses. This core service is supported by various fundraising events (Love Rocks NYC, Golden Heart Awards, Midsummer Night Drinks, Race to Deliver, God's Love Open), donor programs (Kitchen Table monthly giving, Legacy Society planned giving), and volunteer groups (genLOVE young professionals, Young Hearts youth program). The organization is currently expanding capacity through its 40 FORWARD capital campaign to Liberty BKLYN in Sunset Park.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• genLOVE: Young professionals group raising awareness and funds for God's Love We Deliver
• Young Hearts
• The Kitchen Table
• Legacy Society

Products and services

• Medically Tailored Meals Home-delivered meals designed by Registered Dietitian Nutritionists for individuals living with HIV/AIDS, cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, kidney disease, and over 200 other diagnoses. Includes a personalized menu, unlimited nutrition education and counseling, and serves all children and caregivers in the client's household. Provided free of charge regardless of income, with no waitlist and next-day delivery.
• Healthcare Partnership Meal Programs

Quantifiable outcome

• 40 million medically tailored meals prepared and delivered since 1985
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Mary Giuliani Catering & Events (STORIED)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 22 January 2026STORIED Presents event series at West Chelsea venue includes bingo benefit night on January 22, 2026 benefiting God's Love We Deliver.
• Delta Air LinescoreGTM or Marketing PartnerOfficial airline sponsor of genLOVE young professionals group. Delta continues to support through fundraising events and sponsors 1,000 children's meals annually.
• OUT@L'OréalcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPride month partnership for NYC Pride March 2026. God' s Love We Deliver marched with OUT@L'Oréal at NYC Pride 2026.
• AIRnycminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAIRnyc received $550,000 grant from Anthem Foundation to fund community-rooted program combining community health worker coaching with culturally tailored meals from God's Love.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Project Open Hand: San Francisco Bay Area nonprofit founded in 1985 that provides meals and nutrition services to people living with HIV/AIDS, cancer, and other serious illnesses. Closest analog to God's Love in mission, model, and scale, making it the most directly comparable peer.
• MANNA: Philadelphia-based nonprofit that prepares and delivers medically tailored meals to individuals battling serious illnesses such as cancer, HIV/AIDS, and kidney disease. Operates the same chef-driven, dietitian-designed model and is a fellow Food Is Medicine Coalition member.
• Food & Friends: Washington DC-area nonprofit delivering meals to people living with HIV/AIDS, cancer, and other life-challenging illnesses since 1988. Same community-based medically tailored meal model with home delivery and nutrition counseling.
• Community Servings: Boston-based nonprofit providing medically tailored meals to individuals and families affected by critical illnesses. Operates a similar dietitian-driven, home-delivered meal program and is a Food Is Medicine Coalition peer.
• Moveable Feast: Maryland-based nonprofit delivering medically tailored meals to people with HIV/AIDS, cancer, and other chronic illnesses. Direct service-area peer with comparable mission and operating model.
• Mama's Kitchen: San Diego nonprofit delivering meals to men, women, and children affected by HIV/AIDS, cancer, and other critical illnesses. Comparable scale and service delivery model to God's Love.
• Ceres Community Project: Sonoma County, California nonprofit providing medically tailored meals to people facing cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and other serious illnesses. Peer in the medically tailored meal category with strong youth volunteer engagement model.

Regional players

• Citymeals on Wheels: New York City-based nonprofit that funds and coordinates weekend and holiday meal delivery for homebound elderly. Operates in the same NYC geography with adjacent (though not medically tailored) home-delivered meal mission.

Broad incumbents

• Meals on Wheels America: National umbrella organization supporting a network of 5,000+ local community-based meal programs serving seniors. Adjacent in mission (home-delivered meals) but broader in scope and less focused on medically tailored clinical nutrition.

Emerging players

• Epicured: Commercial medically tailored meal provider serving patients with chronic conditions via subscription and healthcare partnerships. Overlaps on the medically tailored meal category but is a for-profit subscription model rather than a nonprofit.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/godslovenyc
• Facebookfacebook.com/godslovewedeliver

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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