What Montgomery County Food Bank does

Montgomery County Food Bank is a nonprofit hunger-relief organization founded in 1985 by Betty Hardy, headquartered in Montgomery County, Texas, and serving a food-insecure population of approximately 100,000 residents. It operates a 78,000 sq ft distribution facility (expanded by 18,000 sq ft in 2024-2025) and is an affiliate of the Houston Food Bank and a member of Feeding Texas and Feeding America. The organization functions as a hub-and-spoke distributor of donated and rescued food, channeling supply through 90+ partner agencies and 80+ schools across all six local school districts.

The operating model combines cash donations, food rescue from retail partners, corporate sponsorships, and federal/state funding (including TEFAP), supplemented by more than 1,000 monthly volunteers. Programmatic offerings include weekly backpack food bags for students (1,103 per week), school-based feeding (1,500 children weekly), mobile pantry distribution, and disaster response. In 2025, the organization distributed more than 10 million meals and made 55,229+ monthly contacts with neighbors in need. Recognized by Charity Navigator (4-star) and Candid (Platinum Transparency), it carries a relatively strong external trust profile.

The organization is in an active scaling phase: it has added physical capacity, expanded its school channel to all six districts, launched a Find Food Map for resident access, and embedded an Anthropic Claude Corps fellow to apply AI to logistics optimization. Major corporate donors include ExxonMobil, Howard Hughes, Huntsman, Woodforest, H-E-B, Kroger, and Walmart. Leadership includes CEO Scott Burns and board chair Jim Carman (Howard Hughes). Headcount is reported at 101-250 employees.

Name

Montgomery County Food Bank

Legal name

Montgomery County Food Bank Inc.

Website

https://mcfoodbank.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Montgomery County Food Bank is a 1985-vintage nonprofit that distributes more than 10 million meals annually across Montgomery County, Texas, through 90+ partner agencies and 80+ schools, serving roughly 100,000 food-insecure residents.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food Bank / Hunger Relief Services

NAICS

Community Food Services (62421)

SIC

Wholesale-Groceries, General Line (5141)

akta.pro primary industry

Food Assistance & Food Banks (BPAGAEAA)

Keywords

• Food bank services
• Hunger relief
• Food assistance programs
• Food rescue operations
• Community nutrition support

Headquarters

HQ city

Conroe

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Monetary Donations: One-time and recurring monetary donations from individuals. $1 provides up to 4 meals. Monthly giving program called Purpose Planters provides consistent support for year-round food distribution.
2. Corporate Sponsorships (Hunger Heroes): Corporate giving program with Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Visionary tiers providing annual sponsorship packages with various benefits.
3. Major Individual Giving (Orchard Society): High-level donor program requiring $15,000 or more in cumulative annual support, offering strategic impact opportunities and recognition.
4. Food Donations: Individual food donations dropped off at facility; virtual food donations via Amazon Wishlist; corporate/retail food donations.
5. Tax-Efficient Giving Vehicles: Donor Advised Funds (DAFs), appreciated securities/stocks, Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs) from IRAs, planned giving, company matching gifts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Montgomery County Food Bank collects, sorts, warehouses, and distributes nutritious food to food-insecure residents of Montgomery County, Texas through a network of 90+ partner agencies. It runs direct distribution programs (Partner Pantries, Mobile Markets, Senior Distributions, School Backpack Program), rescues fresh produce from landfill through the Howard Hughes Produce Rescue Center, and partners with local grocery retailers (H-E-B, Kroger, Walmart) for retail rescue of overstocked food. All food is provided free of charge to recipients.

Product overview

Montgomery County Food Bank operates as a nonprofit hunger relief organization providing a comprehensive suite of programs through a network of 90+ partner agencies. The core service portfolio includes: Partner Pantries and Mobile Markets for direct food distribution; Senior Distributions and School Distributions (including Backpack Food Program) for vulnerable populations; the Howard Hughes Produce Rescue Center for fresh produce rescue; Community Assistance Programs for benefits navigation; Find Food Map for locating services; Nutrition Services for education; Disaster Relief for emergency response; and Retail Rescue for food waste reduction. Supporting infrastructure includes fundraising events (Shootout Hunger, Gala, Outrun Hunger, Holiday Helpings), monthly giving (Purpose Planters), and major donor programs (Orchard Society, Hunger Heroes). The organization recently expanded its facility by 18,000 square feet and launched a new AI-powered initiative through Anthropic's Claude Corps.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Partner Pantries Network of 90+ partner food pantries across Montgomery County that provide supplemental food assistance to individuals, families, seniors, and those experiencing hardship.
• Mobile Markets Drive-thru food distributions that bring food assistance directly to areas of high need, serving 150-250 families at each distribution event.
• Senior Distributions Program delivering fresh, nutritious groceries directly to seniors' doorsteps, particularly at low-income senior apartment complexes throughout Montgomery County.
• School Distributions / Backpack Food Program Works with 80+ schools across all six Montgomery County school districts to provide nutritious, kid-friendly food through 20+ school pantries, school mobile markets, and weekend backpack food bags for children.
• Produce Rescue Center (Howard Hughes) Howard Hughes Produce Rescue Center saves fresh fruits and vegetables from going to landfill by sorting, packaging, and distributing rescued produce to the partner agency network; rejected produce is composted or sent to local hog farms.
• Community Assistance Programs Community Assistance Coordinator helps families navigate and apply for state benefits including SNAP, CHIP, Medicaid, TANF, and Healthy Texas Women through on-site assistance and direct phone support.
• Find Food Map Interactive mapping tool powered by Vivery that helps neighbors locate food pantries and mobile markets near them, with real-time updates, Certified Fresh badges, Open Today filtering, and multi-language support.
• Nutrition Services Nutrition education classes and resources covering healthy eating, grocery shopping on a budget, and food preparation, including recipes, educational flyers, and partnerships with Sam Houston State University and Texas WIC.
• Disaster Relief Emergency food and water distribution in partnership with Feeding America, Feeding Texas, and local emergency management during hurricanes, winter storms, and other disasters.
• Retail Rescue Program rescuing overstocked and near-expiration food from local grocery stores through regular pickup routes, reducing food waste while feeding neighbors in need.
• Shootout Hunger Annual sporting clays tournament that raises awareness and funds for neighbors in need; major fundraising event supporting the food bank's mission.
• Fighting Hunger, Feeding Hope Gala Premier annual fundraising gala bringing together community leaders committed to ensuring neighbors have access to nutritious food; features honoree awards and turns generosity into impact.
• Outrun Hunger Race Annual community race event (5K, 8K, and 1K options) that unites runners and walkers to raise funds for hunger relief; features Party Pavilion, food trucks, Kids Zone, and community entertainment.
• Holiday Helpings Annual holiday season food and funds drive encouraging residents, businesses, and schools to participate in fighting hunger through donation plates and food drives.
• Flourish & Nourish Ladies Luncheon Signature ladies luncheon featuring a celebrity chef speaker, champagne reception, Beauty Bubbles & Bling Pull, and Q&A session; new fundraising event launched October 2026.
• Purpose Planters Monthly Giving Monthly recurring donation program that provides dependable support for year-round food distribution, produce rescue, and senior support programs.
• Orchard Society Major Donor Program Major donor recognition society for individuals and families contributing $15,000 or more in cumulative annual support, offering strategic impact opportunities and recognition.
• Hunger Heroes Corporate Sponsorship Program Corporate annual giving program with tiered benefits (Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze, Visionary) allowing companies to customize their charitable giving and receive recognition.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2025: 10+ million nutritious meals served
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability4 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Houston Food BankcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliated with Houston Food Bank, receiving and distributing government commodities and operating as part of the Feeding Texas and Feeding America network.
• Feeding TexascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of Feeding Texas, a statewide network of food banks working to solve hunger in Texas.
• Feeding AmericacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDistribution partner of Feeding America, the nation's largest domestic hunger-relief organization.
• Local Grocery RetailersmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnerships with local grocery stores for retail rescue - stores donate overstocked food and items nearing expiration dates. Drivers visit stores several times per week to rescue food.
• H-E-BmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerMajor retail partner for food donations and disaster preparedness; sponsors Outrun Hunger event as Presenting Sponsor.
• KrogermajorGTM or Marketing PartnerMajor retail partner for food rescue and disaster relief; donates truckloads of water for hurricane preparedness; Hunger Heroes Bronze sponsor.
• WalmartmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerRetail partner donating emergency food and water during disasters including Hurricane Beryl relief.
• Montgomery County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency ManagementcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorks closely during disaster response; emergency water stored at MCOHSEM facility during hurricane season.
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerDonated emergency food and water during Hurricane Beryl relief efforts.
• 80+ Schools in Montgomery CountymajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnership with all six school districts in Montgomery County for school pantries, mobile markets, and backpack food program feeding 1,500 children weekly.
• Anthropic Claude CorpsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSelected for inaugural cohort of AI fellowship program; $150 million initiative to embed 1,000 fellows at nonprofits. Fellow will work on logistics optimization and distribution forecasting.
• Houston Methodist The Woodlands HospitalmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerPresenting sponsor of Flourish & Nourish Ladies Luncheon. Bronze Level Hunger Heroes sponsor.
• Combined ArmsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNonprofit organization supporting Texas veterans; partners with MCFB for veteran-specific mobile market distributions.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Feeding Texas: Statewide association of which MCFB is a member; provides collective purchasing, government commodities access, and policy support to all member food banks.
• Feeding America: National network MCFB partners with for distribution and brand; sets standards and channels federal commodities to affiliated food banks.

Direct peers

• North Texas Food Bank: Major Texas food bank running parallel programs (partner pantries, mobile pantries, school-based distributions) and serving as a comparable operating model in the same state network (Feeding Texas).
• Tarrant Area Food Bank: Fort Worth-based Feeding America member running pantry, mobile, and SNAP-outreach programs highly comparable to MCFB's community assistance work.
• San Antonio Food Bank: Large Texas food bank in the Feeding America network operating similar partner-pantry distribution, retail rescue, and disaster relief programs at greater scale.
• Houston Food Bank: MCFB's parent affiliate; operates the same hunger-relief model at much larger scale across the Houston region, distributing food through a comparable partner-agency network.
• Food Bank of Central Texas: Regional Feeding America member food bank serving Central Texas with comparable programs: partner pantries, mobile distributions, nutrition education, and produce rescue.
• Galveston County Food Bank: County-level food bank adjacent to MCFB's territory, operating a similar partner-pantry, mobile-market, and produce-rescue model in southeast Texas.

Others

• ReFED: Nonprofit focused on food waste reduction; relevant because MCFB's Produce Rescue Center addresses the same upstream food-surplus problem ReFED targets with data and policy work.

Regional players

• Capital Area Food Bank: Washington D.C.-area food bank with a comparable operating model (partner pantries, retail rescue, nutrition education) but serving a different metropolitan market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/MontgomeryCountyFoodBank
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mcfoodbank
• Instagraminstagram.com/montgomerycountyfoodbank
• Xx.com/MCFoodBankTX

Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

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