What Gleaners Community Food Bank does

Gleaners Community Food Bank is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1977 and headquartered in Taylor, Michigan (Greater Detroit area). It is one of the first food banks established in the United States and a founding member of the Feeding America network (formerly Second Harvest) and the Food Bank Council of Michigan. Gleaners operates three distribution centers (the main Taylor distribution center in Wayne County, the Detroit Distribution Center, and the Livingston Distribution Center in Howell) and serves five southeastern Michigan counties: Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Livingston, and Monroe. In fiscal year 2025, Gleaners distributed 47 million pounds of food and served more than 300,000 households, primarily through a network of 300+ partner agencies and direct-service programs.

The organization's service portfolio spans a client-choice pantry (Shared Harvest Pantry in Livingston County), a free produce-and-dairy retail market (Fresh! by Gleaners in Warren with curbside, locker, and in-market shopping), mobile drive-up food distributions operating five days per week, a Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) for income-eligible seniors, and Hunger Free Summer campaigns targeting children during school breaks. Direct-to-recipient food assistance is augmented by the Cooking Matters nutrition-education program, SNAP application assistance, and PantryNet.org, an online directory of food resources. Internally, technology consists of operational tools including an online volunteer scheduling hub (gcfb.volunteerhub.com) and a partner-agency ordering portal (partnerorders.gcfb.org); no public-facing API or AI/ML platform is disclosed.

Gleaners' revenue model is donation-driven across seven primary streams: individual giving (one-time, Monthly Meals Club, stock, planned giving/bequests), corporate partnerships and sponsorships (Kroger, Citizens, Meijer/Detroit Lions, SUNSET/Mastronardi, InTouch Credit Union, etc.), community food-and-fund drives (Stamp Out Hunger, Children's Hospital Cereal Drive, Boy Scouts Scouting for Food), grants from foundations (Wayne State, Michigan Health Endowment Fund, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan), cause-marketing pass-throughs from national brands (Coca-Cola at Dollar General, Cheesecake Factory, IHOP), corporate giving (DTE Foundation), and programmatic/contract revenue (Michigan Medicaid ILOS food boxes via Food Bank Council of Michigan; Henry Ford Health Henry's Groceries). Healthcare partnerships are a strategic growth axis, with active relationships with Henry Ford Health System, CHASS Center, Covenant Community Care, National Kidney Foundation of Michigan, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital-Livingston, United Health Care, and Project Well/Nourished Rx. The organization is governed by an independent board and led by President & CEO Angela Moloney.

Name

Gleaners Community Food Bank

Legal name

Gleaners Community Food Bank

Website

https://gcfb.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Gleaners Community Food Bank is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit food bank headquartered in Taylor, Michigan that distributed 47 million pounds of food across five Southeast Michigan counties in fiscal 2025, serving 300,000+ households through 300+ partner agencies and direct-service programs including Fresh! by Gleaners and mobile food distributions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food Bank Services

NAICS

Community Food Services (62421), Grocery and Convenience Retailers (4451)

SIC

Wholesale-Groceries, General Line (5141), Retail-Food Stores (5400)

akta.pro primary industry

Food Assistance & Food Banks (BPAGAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Food & Nutrition Assistance Programs (BPAIAKAF), Noncommercial/Institutional Broadline Distributors (K-12, Higher Ed, Healthcare, Government) (AFAIAAAC)

Keywords

• Food bank services
• Hunger relief programs
• Food distribution network
• Nutrition education programs
• Emergency food assistance

Headquarters

HQ city

Detroit

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Individual donors contribute money through online donations, monthly giving (Monthly Meals Club), and one-time gifts. Every $1 donated provides three meals.
2. Corporate Partnerships: Corporate sponsors provide financial support through sponsorships, match campaigns, cause marketing, and cause-related events. Partners include Kroger, Citizens, SUNSET/Mastronardi Produce, and others.
3. Food and Fund Drives: Community-organized food drives collect non-perishable items while fund drives collect monetary donations that Gleaners converts to meals at a 3:1 ratio.
4. Stock Donations: Gifts of appreciated securities are accepted as charitable contributions, providing tax benefits to donors.
5. Planned Giving: Legacy gifts through bequests, estate planning, and endowments provide long-term sustainable support.
6. Healthcare Contracts: Gleaners contracts with healthcare organizations including the Food Bank Council of Michigan for Medicaid ILOS program delivery, providing healthy food to eligible program enrollees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Gleaners Community Food Bank collects, stores, and distributes millions of pounds of nutritious food annually to food-insecure households across five counties in Southeast Michigan. The organization operates a state-of-the-art distribution center, a network of 300+ partner agencies, direct-service mobile distributions, a free produce market, and nutrition education programs including healthcare partnership initiatives and Cooking Matters classes.

Product overview

Gleaners Community Food Bank operates a multi-channel food assistance ecosystem across Southeast Michigan, combining direct-service programs with partner network distribution. Core offerings include Fresh! by Gleaners (a free produce and dairy market with curbside and locker options), Shared Harvest Pantry (client-choice pantry in Livingston County), and Drive-Up Mobile Distributions operating five days weekly. The organization supports over 300 partner agencies while providing nutrition education through Cooking Matters and healthcare partnerships. Additional programs include SNAP assistance, CSFP for seniors, Hunger Free Summer child nutrition support, Virtual Food Drives for online giving, and the PantryNet.org resource tool for food location search. The portfolio functions as an integrated emergency food network rather than a single platform product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Fresh! by Gleaners: A free produce and dairy market providing nutritious fresh and frozen produce, milk and eggs at no cost to neighbors in Warren and Detroit (serving ZIP codes 48091 and 48234). Features order-ahead curbside pickup, refrigerated locker options, and in-store shopping.
• Shared Harvest Pantry

Products and services

• Fresh! by Gleaners

Quantifiable outcome

• 92% of expenses directly support neighbors facing hunger
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

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Partnerships

30 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• SUNSET (Mastronardi Produce)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 June 2026SUNSET is one of Gleaners' largest fresh food donors, having partnered for over 20 years. The partnership provides consistent, generous donations of fresh produce to bring nutritious food to neighbors across Southeast Michigan. SUNSET employees regularly volunteer at Gleaners' Taylor warehouse, packing fresh produce for families. SUNSET serves as official produce sponsor of the Detroit Red Wings, with regular joint community engagement efforts.
• Detroit Red WingscoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 24 June 2026SUNSET serves as official produce sponsor of the Detroit Red Wings. Gleaners and SUNSET regularly partner on community engagement efforts connecting food, wellness, and service. Employees from both organizations volunteer together at Gleaners' warehouse.
• Michigan State GovernmentcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 4 November 2025Governor Gretchen Whitmer allocated $4.5 million to local food banks. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined multi-state lawsuit over SNAP program suspension.
• Detroit City GovernmentcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 4 November 2025Mayor Mike Duggan allocated $1.75 million to local food banks to address record demand during federal SNAP funding uncertainty.
• Henry Ford Health SystemflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Partnership through 'Henry's Groceries' program launched in 2017. Patients experiencing food insecurity receive healthy, nutritious food delivered to their doorstep twice monthly for one year, plus nutrition education including handouts, healthy recipes, and optional group cooking/nutrition classes. Results showed improvements in food security and reductions in emergency department and inpatient hospital visits.
• Food Bank Council of Michigan (FBCM)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerGleaners contracted with FBCM for Michigan Medicaid 'In Lieu of Service' (ILOS) program. Gleaners serves as statewide source for shelf-stable food boxes for all FBCM managed program enrollees, and direct delivery provider in Wayne, Macomb, Livingston, and Monroe counties. Each participant receives 15-pound shelf-stable box plus 16-pound fresh produce box every two weeks.
• Community Health and Social Services (CHASS) CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare partnership providing healthy foods paired with nutrition education to patients experiencing food insecurity.
• Covenant Community CarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare partnership providing healthy foods paired with nutrition education to patients experiencing food insecurity.
• National Kidney Foundation of MichigancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare partnership providing healthy foods paired with nutrition education to patients experiencing food insecurity and kidney disease.
• St. Joseph Mercy Hospital - LivingstoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare partnership providing healthy foods paired with nutrition education to patients experiencing food insecurity.
• United Health CarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare partnership providing healthy foods paired with nutrition education to United Health Care members experiencing food insecurity.
• Project Well (now Nourished Rx)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare partnership providing healthy foods paired with nutrition education to patients experiencing food insecurity.
• Michigan Medicaid Managed Health PlansflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerGleaners provides healthy food packs to eligible program enrollees through ILOS medically-appropriate services. Deliveries include shelf-stable proteins, grains, canned fruits and vegetables, and fresh produce boxes every two weeks in Wayne, Macomb, Livingston, and Monroe counties.
• KrogerflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerWeekend food drives in stores across southeastern Michigan every January. Monetary donations matched on select dates in fall and spring, turning every dollar into 6 meals. Major annual food drive partner and supporter.
• Meijer and Detroit LionscoreGTM or Marketing Partner'Raise the Roar' campaign: Detroit Lions flags available at Michigan Meijer stores for $15 with any purchase. Proceeds fund food insecurity initiatives with Gleaners and other Michigan food banks including Thanksgiving Meal Kit distribution.
• Coca-Cola at Dollar GeneralcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerThrough August 2026, Coca-Cola donates $2.00 for each 6-pack Coca-Cola Original Taste Glass Bottle purchase at Dollar General locations to Feeding America and partner food banks including Gleaners.
• The Cheesecake FactorycoreGTM or Marketing PartnerDonates 25 cents to Feeding America and partner food banks for every slice sold of Peach Perfect with Raspberry Drizzle cheesecake through July 2026.
• IHOPminorGTM or Marketing PartnerIHOP's two coffee suppliers donate 1 cent to Feeding America for every pound of coffee sold to the IHOP system through December 2026.
• Fresh Thyme MarketminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAsks customers to round up in-store purchases for local food banks in June, July, September, and November 2026.
• Feeding AmericaflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational network member (formerly Second Harvest). Gleaners is one of the founding members. Feeding America provides national network support, research (including FAITH-DM diabetes study), and coordinates national food bank initiatives.
• Food Bank Council of MichigancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGleaners helped found the Food Bank Council of Michigan alongside co-founder Gene Gonya.
• Wayne State UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunding sponsor for Gleaners' healthcare initiatives work, supporting partnerships between healthcare organizations and food banks.
• WNICcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerMedia partner for Children's Hospital Cereal Drive, helping promote the annual event that collected 924,238 servings of cereal in 2026.
• United Dairy Industry of Michigan (UDIM)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner in Children's Hospital Cereal Drive supporting children and families in Southeast Michigan.
• WK KelloggcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner in Children's Hospital Cereal Drive providing cereal donations for children and families.
• Guernsey Farms DairyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner supporting Children's Hospital Cereal Drive for children and families.
• Retired Detroit FirefightersminorGTM or Marketing PartnerVolunteer partner in Children's Hospital Cereal Drive supporting children and families.
• National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC)flagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerLeads the 33rd annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, the largest one-day food drive in the country. Letter carriers collect non-perishable donations along their routes on the second Saturday of May. Collected 565,000+ pounds in 2026 providing 480,000+ meals.
• Boy Scouts of AmericacoreGTM or Marketing PartnerScouting for Food is BSA's largest service project of the year. Scouts deliver bags, collect donations on second Saturday of November across five counties. Gleaners benefits from collected food donations.
• Tony SaccosminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRestaurant in Hartland. E-cards sold last Sunday of each month with 20% of proceeds going to Gleaners of Livingston County.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Food Gatherers: Food bank serving Washtenaw County in Southeast Michigan. Directly comparable mission, geography (overlapping Michigan territory), and partner-network distribution model, though smaller in scale than Gleaners.
• Forgotten Harvest: Michigan food rescue organization covering Oakland, Macomb, and Wayne counties, overlapping heavily with Gleaners' five-county footprint. Comparable nonprofit food distribution mission and direct-program delivery model.
• Feeding America West Michigan / Feeding America Eastern Michigan: Other Feeding America affiliates covering Western and Eastern Michigan; overlaps with Gleaners at the edges of its five-county service area and competes for statewide grants and donated food.
• Food Bank Council of Michigan: Statewide association Gleaners helped found; partners with Gleaners on the Medicaid ILOS program and coordinates Michigan's food bank response. Functions as both a peer and a partner/funder.
• Food Bank For New York City: One of the largest U.S. food banks; comparable nonprofit food distribution model with partner pantries, mobile distributions, and nutrition education, serving an urban population at similar scale.
• Houston Food Bank: Largest U.S. food bank by distribution; comparable mission, multi-channel distribution including agency network and direct-service programs, comparable cause-marketing and corporate partnerships at scale.
• Mid-Ohio Food Collective: Mid-size regional food bank with partner pantries, fresh food markets, and nutrition education. Closely analogous operating model and scale profile to Gleaners.
• Food Lifeline (Seattle): Feeding America affiliate serving Washington State; comparable partner network, mobile distributions, and SNAP outreach programs at similar scale to Gleaners.

Broad incumbents

• Feeding America: National umbrella network of which Gleaners is a founding member; comparable mission at scale and provides national funding, research, and product donations. Functions as a peer network and a brand partner.

Emerging players

• Project Well (Nourished Rx): Healthcare food-as-medicine partner that works with Gleaners on medically-tailored food delivery. Comparable medically-tailored food delivery model targeting chronic disease patients, operating at much smaller scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Gleaners
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/CureHungerHere
• Facebookfacebook.com/Gleanersfan
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gleaners
• Instagraminstagram.com/GleanersFoodBank

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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