Pantry to Porch

What Pantry to Porch does

Pantry to Porch is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 85-1628265) founded in March 2020 by three college students in Utah, originally under the name Utah Valley COVID-19 Rescue to deliver groceries and prescription medications to elderly and quarantined individuals during the pandemic. The organization subsequently pivoted to become a permanent mobile food pantry operating across Salt Lake County and Utah County. Its core service is the free home delivery of food pantry items — once per calendar month — to individuals and families facing barriers to accessing traditional food pantries, with a self-pickup option available twice monthly at partner locations. Since inception, volunteers have delivered 790,155 meals and contributed over 26,000 hours, with current throughput at nearly 4,000 meals per week.

The underlying operational model is a logistics-and-matching layer built atop seven partner food pantries (Utah Food Bank, Jewish Family Service of Utah, Crossroads Urban Center, Murray Children's Pantry, Salt Lake Community College Thayne Center, Tabitha's Way, and The Adventure Church Jesus Feeds). Client sign-up is handled through web forms on a Wix-hosted website; volunteer coordination runs through VolunteerSignUp.org; and donor acquisition uses a mix of the website, Instagram, Facebook, email newsletter, and Smith's Inspiring Donations (a grocery loyalty integration). There is no proprietary technology platform or AI component disclosed. The product surface consists of the core monthly food box (home-delivered or self-picked-up), CSFP Boxes for Utah Food Bank-registered clients in Utah County, and optional baby and feminine hygiene product add-ons at select partner pantries.

As a 501(c)(3), Pantry to Porch generates no commercial revenue. All operating funding comes from tax-deductible donations by individuals, corporations, and foundations, with named institutional donors including Ace Recycling & Disposal, Kirton McConkie, Rocky Mountain Power Foundation, Snowbird Play Forever Wednesdays, Walmart Spark Good, First Utah Bank, The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation, Smith's Inspiring Donations, Sorenson Legacy Foundation, and Zions Bank. The organization is governed by a Board of Directors chaired by Carol Anderson and led day-to-day by Executive Director Keaton Schrank (joined December 2025) alongside Program Director Madi Shiba; founder John S. Lindsay holds the Founder Emeritus title and serves as board secretary. The client base is highly concentrated in low-income, transportation-disadvantaged, disabled, and minority populations (76% with annual income under $25,000, 53% without a car, 51% with a disability, 52% from a minority group).

Name

Pantry to Porch

Legal name

Pantry to Porch

Website

https://pantrytoporch.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Pantry to Porch is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit mobile food pantry that delivers food pantry items free of charge to food-insecure individuals and families across Salt Lake County and Utah County, Utah, primarily serving low-income, disabled, elderly, and transportation-disadvantaged populations through a volunteer driver network partnered with regional food pantries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food Assistance Services

NAICS

Community Food Services (62421)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYAFAIANAC

Farm-to-Consumer Produce Boxes / CSA Delivery

Agriculture & Food Production/Food Distribution & Wholesale/Direct-to-Consumer Food Distribution

Keywords

• Mobile food pantry
• Food assistance services
• Hunger relief
• Nonprofit food delivery
• Community food distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Salt Lake City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Pantry to Porch operates primarily through tax-deductible donations from individuals, corporations, and foundations. Donors include Ace Recycling & Disposal, Kirton McConkie, Rocky Mountain Power Foundation, Snowbird Play Forever Wednesdays, Walmart Spark Good, First Utah Bank, The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation, Smith's Inspiring Donations, Sorenson Legacy Foundation, and Zions Bank.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Pantry to Porch is a nonprofit mobile food pantry that partners with food pantries across the Wasatch Front to deliver food pantry boxes free of charge to the homes of individuals and families facing barriers to accessing traditional food pantries. Clients in Salt Lake County and Utah County can request free monthly home delivery or twice-monthly self-pickup, with optional add-ons including baby products, feminine hygiene products, and a CSFP commodity food box for eligible Utah Food Bank registrants.

Product overview

Pantry to Porch is a nonprofit mobile food pantry offering two primary service modes: home delivery of food boxes (once monthly) and self-pickup (twice monthly) across Utah County and Salt Lake County. The service connects food-insecure individuals and families with partner food pantries by handling logistics for those unable to self-pickup. Optional add-ons include baby products and feminine hygiene products. The organization also offers a CSFP Box specifically for Utah Food Bank-registered clients in Utah County.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Food Box Home Delivery Free home delivery of food pantry items once per calendar month to clients in Utah County and Salt Lake County who are unable to self-pickup due to disability, lack of transportation, work schedules, or distance from pantries. Available to qualifying individuals and families experiencing food insecurity.
• Food Box Self-Pickup Self-pickup option available twice per calendar month for clients able to collect food boxes directly from partner food pantries across locations including SLC North, SLC South, Murray Area, South Valley, and Utah County. Free of charge to eligible clients.
• CSFP Box (Commodity Supplemental Food Program Box) Special commodity food box providing additional food items to clients registered with Utah Food Bank who reside in Utah County, supplementing the standard food pantry offering for this eligibility-restricted population.

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Utah Food BankcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary food sourcing partner that provides food pantry inventory for delivery to Pantry to Porch clients. Also provides Civil Rights training for volunteers.
• Jewish Family Service of UtahcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner food pantry providing food inventory for delivery services to individuals and families in need.
• Crossroads Urban CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner food pantry providing food inventory for delivery services.
• Murray Children's PantrycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner food pantry providing food inventory for delivery services.
• Salt Lake Community College Thayne CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization providing food inventory for delivery services.
• Tabitha's Way Local Food PantrycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner food pantry providing food inventory for delivery services.
• The Adventure Church Jesus Feeds Food PantrycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner food pantry providing food inventory for delivery services.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Feeding America: Largest U.S. hunger-relief nonprofit, operating a nationwide network of 200+ member food banks. Operates broadly in the same food-insecurity space as Pantry to Porch, but does not focus on direct home delivery; instead supplies the regional food banks that Pantry to Porch partners with.
• Second Harvest Food Bank: Large regional food bank operating across multiple U.S. regions (e.g., Second Harvest of Silicon Valley, Second Harvest of Central Florida). Comparable mission and pantry partnership model to Pantry to Porch, but operates at a much larger scale and primarily through partner-agency pickup rather than direct home delivery.
• City Harvest: New York City's largest food rescue organization, distributing food free to communities in need. Overlaps with Pantry to Porch's food-distribution-to-vulnerable-populations mission, though at much greater scale and through a network of community programs rather than direct home delivery.
• No Kid Hungry: National campaign run by Share Our Strength focused on ending childhood hunger in the U.S. Operates broadly in the same food-insecurity sector as Pantry to Porch, with overlapping donor and corporate partner ecosystem (including grocery and retail partners), though it focuses on advocacy and grant-making rather than direct delivery.

Regional players

• Food Lifeline: Seattle-based food bank serving Western Washington that distributes food via partner pantries and meal programs. Comparable to Pantry to Porch as a regional food-security nonprofit with overlapping donor and partner-pantry models, but operating in a different geography.
• Utah Food Bank: Regional food bank serving the same Wasatch Front geography and a current strategic supply partner of Pantry to Porch. Comparable as the dominant food distribution nonprofit in the market, with overlapping client base and complementary (rather than directly competitive) service model.

Direct peers

• Project Angel Food: Los Angeles nonprofit that prepares and delivers free, nutritious meals to people facing critical illness. Matches Pantry to Porch's model of free home food delivery to populations with access barriers, operated as a donation-funded 501(c)(3).
• God's Love We Deliver: NYC-based nonprofit that cooks and home-delivers medically tailored meals to people living with serious illness. Comparable as a nonprofit operating a free, volunteer-supported home meal delivery service to vulnerable clients who cannot access food independently.
• Meals on Wheels America: National nonprofit network that delivers meals directly to the homes of seniors and other individuals facing mobility or access barriers. Closely matches Pantry to Porch's volunteer-driven home delivery model and target population of low-income, transportation-disadvantaged, and disabled clients.
• Moveable Feast: Maryland-based nonprofit delivering medically tailored meals to neighbors who are sick, hungry, or unable to access food. Direct peer in terms of nonprofit home meal delivery to vulnerable populations using a volunteer and donor-supported operating model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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