Feed the Streets

What Feed the Streets does

Feed the Streets is a 501c3 nonprofit organization headquartered in Los Angeles, California, that delivers direct social services to unhoused individuals and vulnerable families. Founded in 2014, the organization operates five weekly volunteer-led activations across three fixed Los Angeles locations (Skid Row, Hollywood, and MacArthur Park), providing hot meals, clothing, hygiene products, and emergency support to more than 800 people each week. Beyond street outreach, the organization runs an Emergency Grocery Program launched in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic and now serving 25 families weekly free of charge, and quarterly youth sports events in South Central Los Angeles.

The business model is donation-driven with no commercial revenue stream. The organization accepts one-time, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual donations through its website, with defined impact tiers ($10 = two meals, $25 = one tent, $45 = 2-4 toys, $100 = a week of groceries for a family), and offers a separate Shopify-based merchandise channel. Operations are powered by a small staff of 1-10 employees and a volunteer base described as drawn "from all walks of life," with all service delivery conducted in person at fixed community sites. No proprietary technology, software platform, or AI/ML capability is disclosed; the underlying operating model is human-led field outreach.

The organization is independently funded, with no parent company, institutional investors, or disclosed funding rounds, and is registered in California under EIN 85-3930134. Its customer base comprises two principal beneficiary segments: unhoused community members receiving direct street outreach, and vulnerable families (including those unable to leave home due to deportation threats or financial hardship) receiving grocery deliveries. Geographic scope is restricted to Los Angeles, with no international footprint.

Name

Feed the Streets

Legal name

Feed the Streets

Website

https://feedthestreets.info

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Feed the Streets is a Los Angeles-based 501c3 nonprofit that runs five weekly volunteer-led outreach activations across three LA sites, serving 800+ unhoused people with hot meals, clothing, and hygiene, plus a grocery program for 25 vulnerable families weekly.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Social Services

NAICS

Community Food Services (62421), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Food Assistance & Nutrition Relief (Emergency Feeding) (BPAGAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Emergency Food Security & Nutrition in Humanitarian Crises (BPADAJAI)

Keywords

• Community outreach programs
• Homeless services
• Food bank operations
• Charitable giving
• Humanitarian aid services

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: The organization generates revenue through individual and recurring donations. The website facilitates one-time, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual donation options. Specific impact amounts are tied to donation levels: $10 buys two meals, $25 buys one tent, $45 buys 2-4 toys, and $100 buys a week of groceries for a family. Donors can optionally cover processing fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Feed the Streets collects and distributes donated food, hygiene products, clothing, tents, and toys to unhoused individuals and vulnerable families in Los Angeles. It runs five weekly volunteer-driven activations across three LA locations (Skid Row, Hollywood, MacArthur Park), feeding 800+ people each week with hot meals and supplies, and delivers free groceries to 25 families weekly through an emergency grocery program launched during COVID-19.

Product overview

Feed the Streets is a 501c3 nonprofit organization operating community-oriented social service programs in Los Angeles. The organization runs five weekly activation events across three locations (Skid Row, Hollywood, and MacArthur Park), serving 800+ people each week. Its core portfolio includes Street Outreach (hot meals, hygiene, clothing), an Emergency Grocery Program serving 25 families weekly, Emergency Support for community crises, and Quarterly Kids Events. All programs are delivered through volunteer-driven operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Street Outreach Weekly volunteer-driven community events providing hot meals, hygiene items, and clothing to unhoused individuals in Los Angeles at Skid Row (412 E 5th Street), Hollywood (5941 Hollywood Blvd), and MacArthur Park (667 S Park View St). Reaches 800+ people each week.
• Emergency Grocery Program Free weekly home delivery of groceries and household items to vulnerable families in Los Angeles who are unable to leave their homes due to deportation threats, financial hardship, or COVID-19-related health safety limitations. Currently serves 25 families weekly.
• Emergency Support Emergency response support addressing ongoing crises in the communities served by the organization, including the provision of tents and other urgent supplies as needs are identified during outreach.
• Quarterly Kids Events Quarterly sports events hosted in South Central Los Angeles for youth and broader community engagement, providing recreational opportunities in underserved neighborhoods.

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Los Angeles Mission: Historic Skid Row nonprofit providing meals, shelter, and recovery services to the unhoused population in Los Angeles, overlapping directly with Feed the Streets' primary beneficiary base and food-distribution activities.
• Food on Foot: Los Angeles-based nonprofit that provides hot meals, case management, and work training to people experiencing homelessness, directly comparable to Feed the Streets' street outreach model in the same metro.
• Food Forward: Los Angeles food rescue nonprofit that recovers surplus produce and distributes it to communities in need, comparable food-recovery and redistribution mission in the same LA geography.
• Los Angeles Regional Food Bank: Large-scale LA food bank that collects and distributes food to people facing hunger, directly comparable food-distribution mission and Southern California geography, though at much greater scale.
• Union Rescue Mission: Skid Row-based LA nonprofit offering meals, shelter, and recovery services to homeless and low-income individuals — directly comparable service portfolio and beneficiary population.
• Project Angel Food: LA-based nonprofit delivering medically tailored meals to people facing serious illness, comparable LA-based meal-delivery mission serving vulnerable populations, albeit with a different beneficiary focus.
• Midnight Mission: Downtown LA nonprofit serving homeless and very low-income individuals with hot meals, shelter, and recovery programs — directly comparable beneficiary population and service mix to Feed the Streets.
• PATH (People Assisting the Homeless): LA and California-focused nonprofit providing housing, supportive services, and outreach to people experiencing homelessness, comparable in beneficiary population and Southern California geography.

Broad incumbents

• Catholic Charities of Los Angeles: Large LA-region social services agency delivering food, housing, immigration, and family support — comparable immigrant-family and food-assistance work, but as part of a much wider regional portfolio.
• St. Vincent de Paul Society of Los Angeles: Large LA social services nonprofit operating food programs, shelter, and emergency assistance across a broader portfolio, comparable mission focus on food and material aid to vulnerable populations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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